| slovo | definícia |
tetanus
(encz) | tetanus,tetanus n: Zdeněk Brož |
tetanus
(czen) | tetanus,tetanusn: Zdeněk Brož |
Tetanus
(gcide) | Tetanus \Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to
stretch.]
1. (Med.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Physiol.) 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.
[1913 Webster] |
tetanus
(wn) | tetanus
n 1: 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 [syn: tetanus, lockjaw]
2: a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid
series of nerve impulses |
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intermittent tetanus
(encz) | intermittent tetanus, n: |
tetanus antitoxin
(encz) | tetanus antitoxin, n: |
tetanus immune globulin
(encz) | tetanus immune globulin, n: |
tetanus immunoglobulin
(encz) | tetanus immunoglobulin, n: |
Tetanus
(gcide) | Tetanus \Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to
stretch.]
1. (Med.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Physiol.) 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.
[1913 Webster] |
apyretic tetanus
(wn) | apyretic tetanus
n 1: clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular
twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated
with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D
deficiency or alkalosis [syn: tetany, tetanilla,
intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, {apyretic
tetanus}] |
intermittent tetanus
(wn) | intermittent tetanus
n 1: clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular
twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated
with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D
deficiency or alkalosis [syn: tetany, tetanilla,
intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, {apyretic
tetanus}] |
tetanus antitoxin
(wn) | tetanus antitoxin
n 1: antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus
in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus |
tetanus immune globulin
(wn) | tetanus immune globulin
n 1: sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma
of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides
short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of
possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus [syn: {tetanus
immunoglobulin}, tetanus immune globulin] |
tetanus immunoglobulin
(wn) | tetanus immunoglobulin
n 1: sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma
of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides
short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of
possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus [syn: {tetanus
immunoglobulin}, tetanus immune globulin] |
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