TETANUSES

TETANUS

Tet"a*nus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Med.)

Definition: 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.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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