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Meaning of 'tetanin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tetanin [ n.]
- A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

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tetanic tetanization tetanize tetanoid tetanomotor tetanus tetany tetard tetartohedral tetartohedrism

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