Definizione monolingua

tetanus

tetanus (usually uncountable; plural tetani)

1. (pathology, countable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
2. (physiology, countable) A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.
   • 1998,, Pierre-Marie Lledo et al., “Postsynaptic Membrane Fusion and Long-Term Potentiation”^[1], Science, volume 279, number 5349, DOI:10.1126/science.279.5349.399, pages 399-403:?

     We first saturated LTP in one pathway by applying repetitive tetani that had no effect on the control pathway (Fig. 4 B).

Definizione dizionario tetanus

	tetano
	A serious and often fatal disease arising through infection of an open wound by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani that is found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

Altri significati:

(physiology, countable) A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.

disease

(pathology, countable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium '''Clostridium tetani''' , found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.