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tetanus: a very dangerous bacterial disease of man and livestock caused by the Clostridium tetani, which enters the body through wounds, particularly from the soil; Civil Protection personnel are therefore at risk and should be protected by vaccination; Also called lockjaw, the disease is usually fatal
Category: Management in the public and private sector

tetanus: a sustained muscular contraction caused by a series of stimuli repeated so rapidly that the individual muscular responses are fused.Motor impulses reach intact muscles in the body at such a rate,usually,as to produce a tetanic contraction
Category: Medicine

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