plural of tetanus

plural of tetany

(medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism

of or relating to tetanus / causing tetanus / of or relating to tetany / causing tetany

Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.

(medicine, dated) A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.

plural of tetanization

(physiology) The production or condition of tetanus.

(organic chemistry) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth by a microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus.

present participle of tetanize