имя существительное 1) [медицина] столбняк 2) [физиология] длительное сокращение скелетной мышцы, судорога
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek tetanos, from tetanos stretched, rigid; akin to Greek teinein to stretch — more at thin 1. a. an acute infectious disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by the specific toxin of a bacterium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound — compare lockjaw b. the bacterium that causes tetanus 2. prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses