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Tetanin

Tet′a-nin

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Noun.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; – so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

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tetanin

tetanin

English

Noun

tetanin ‎(uncountable)

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

Etymology

tetanus +‎ -in?

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