- tetanal
- adjective Date: 1939 of, relating to, or derived from tetanus
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tetanal
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tetanal — tet·a·nal tet ən əl adj of, relating to, or derived from tetanus <tetanal toxin> … Medical dictionary
tetanal — ˈtetənəl sometimes tnəl adjective Etymology: tetan + al : relating to or derived from tetanus tetanal antitoxin … Useful english dictionary
tetanal — See tetanus. * * * … Universalium
tetanal — adjective Of, or relating to, tetanus … Wiktionary
tetanal — tet·a·nal … English syllables
tetanal toxin — noun see tetanus toxin … Useful english dictionary
tetanus — tetanal, adj. tetanoid, adj. /tet n euhs/, n. 1. Pathol. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the… … Universalium
tetanus toxin — noun or tetanal toxin : a crystalline unstable neurotoxin produced by the tetanus bacillus and held to be the cause of the tetanic convulsions of tetanus called also tetanospasmin … Useful english dictionary
