TETANUS


Meaning of TETANUS in English

n.1 a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles.

2 Physiol. the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.

Derivatives:

tetanize v.tr. (also -ise). tetanoid adj.

Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk tetanos muscular spasm f. teino stretch

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.