tetanusとは何ですか？
- 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.
- Physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.