tetanus
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Klostridyum tetani'nin toksinlerinin sebep olduğu, vücutta tonik kasılmalar, trismus ve son aşamada vücudun tetik vaziyetinde kasılıp kalması ile karakterize, prognozu genellikle fatal olan akut enfeksiyon hastalığı.
2. tetanos.
3. Tetanoz (Bakınız: Lockjaw).
4. i., tıb. tetanos, kazıklıhumma.
5. (isim) tetanos.
Tanımlar :
1.
an acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw, and caused by the toxin of the bacillus clostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. also called lockjaw.
2. physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.
2. physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
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. 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.
2. 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
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. 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.
2. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
2. A disease characterized by a more or less violent and rigid spasm of many or all of the muscles of voluntary motion. ; ; ;
3. in physiology, the state or condition of prolonged contraction which a muscle assumes under rapidly repeated stimuli.
2. A disease characterized by a more or less violent and rigid spasm of many or all of the muscles of voluntary motion. ; ; ;
3. in physiology, the state or condition of prolonged contraction which a muscle assumes under rapidly repeated stimuli.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
2. an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
2. an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
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