1) Bacterial disease 2) Cause of lockjaw 3) Infection 4) Lockjaw 5) Part of DPT 6) Rusty nail danger 7) Spasmodic malady 8) Untreated wound danger 9) Vaccine target 10) Vaccine-preventable disease 11) What a toxoid can prevent 12) What some shots prevent
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1) Lockjaw
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An acute, often fatal disease, caused by a bacillus and characterized by rigidity and spasmodic contractions of the voluntary muscles. Also called lock jaw.
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• (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm. • (...
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(Gr. tetanos, from tenein to stretch) 1. an acute, often fatal infectious disease caused by the anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus Clostridium tetani; the agent most often enters the body through contaminated puncture wounds(e.g. those caused by metal nails, wood splinters, or insect bites), although other portals of entry include burns, surgical wo...
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(from the article `muscle`) ...Therefore, a second pulse within that time span will not elicit any response. If, however, the pulses are 300 milliseconds apart, the muscle will ...
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acute infectious disease of humans and other animals, caused by toxins produced by the bacillus Clostridium tetani and characterized by rigidity and ... [3 related articles]
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Also known as lockjaw, a bacterial disease in which a toxin produced by anaerobic tetanus bacilli growing in contaminated wounds causes muscle spasm due to nerve toxicity. Minor cuts may be infected with the bacteria which are common in soil. The first symptom may often be painful contraction of the...
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(1) State of constant muscle tension caused (a) by incoming excitations arriving so quickly that their individual twitches overlap and merge ('fused tetanus') (see end-plate potential), or (b) pathological state such as tetanus (2) or strychnine poisoning. Tetanus (2): Name of disease (commonly known as 'lock-jaw') characterised by severe and life-...
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1. An acute, often fatal infectious disease caused by the anaerobic, spore forming bacillus Clostridium tetani, the agent most often enters the body through contaminated puncture wounds (for example those caused by metal nails, wood splinters or insect bites), although other portals of entry include burns, surgical wounds, cutaneous ulcers, injecti...
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(tet´ә-nәs) physiological tetanus. a highly fatal disease caused by the bacillus Clostridium tetani, characterized by muscle spasms and convulsions. The bacilli are common in rural areas, especially in soil and dust, and are spread by animal and human feces. They grow in the intestines of human...
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An acute disease of the nervous system caused by toxins of the bacterium Clostridium tetani.
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(= lock-jaw) Disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani , spores of which persist in soil, but can proliferate anaerobically in an infected wound. Disease entirely due to the tetanus toxin, released by bacterial autolysis.
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Tet'a·nus noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... stretched, ... to stretch.]
1. (Medicine) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affe...
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(tet;n-us) A smooth contraction of a muscle (as opposed to muscle twitching).
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Acute, often fatal disease caused by a neurotoxin from the bacterium Clostridium tetani, and characterized by violent muscle spasms and contractions, hyperreflexive responses, and "lockjaw" (trismus); horses are highly sensitive to the action of tetanus neurotoxin.
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A disease caused primarily by toxigenic C. tetani. The rare but often fatal disease affects the central nervous system by causing painful muscular contractions.
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(Tetanus Vaccine) Infectious disease. You can have a vaccination against tetanus if you are having chemotherapy.
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a sometimes fatal disease affecting the brain and spinal cord; caused by infection with bacterium present in soil and manure
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noun a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
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Acute disease caused by the toxin of the bacillus
Clostridium tetani, which usually enters the body through a wound. The bacterium is chiefly found in richly manured soil. Untreated, in seven to ten days tetanus produces muscular spasm and rigidity of the jaw spreading to other parts of the body, convulsions, and death. There is ...
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a disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani that produces painful, rigid muscle contractions, especially in the neck and jaw. Immunization against tetanus can prevent the disease.
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Also called Lock Jaw is a condition caused by poisons produced by Clostridium tetani which is a bacterium found in the soil. Symptoms usually appear within 7 to 14 days of exposure and include stiffness and soreness that progresses through the body until the whole body is paralyzed within 48 hrs of first appearance.
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A preparation of tetanus toxoid used to immunize against tetanus. When given to women of childbearing age, vaccines that contain tetanus toxoid (TT or Td) not only protect women against tetanus, but also prevent neonatal tetanus in their newborn infants.
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a disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani that produces painful, rigid muscle contractions, especially in the neck and jaw. Immunization against tetanus can prevent the disease.
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