Definition of Tetanin
1. n. 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.
Medical Definition of Tetanin
1.
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.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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