tetanin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth by a microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus.

Word forms

tetanin

Etymology

From tetanus + -in?

Synonyms

tetanine
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