tetanus
n. நரப்பிசிவுநோய், தசைவற்பு, மிகு உணர்ச்சி தூண்டுதல் காரணமாகத் தசைகள் தொடர்பாகச் சுருக்க முற்றுவிடும் நிலை.
Tet"a*nus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 1. (Med.) Defn: 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.) Defn: 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.