English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of tetanus

tetanus

/noun/ धनुस्तंभ; हनुस्तंभ; सततपेशीसंकुचन;

Synonym catalepsy; lockjaw;

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English Dictionary:

1. Tetanus

[n.]

- 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.
- 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.