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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A toxin (C14H30N2O4) obtained from cultures of the Bacillus tetani.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
poisonous base (ptomaine ) formed inmeat broth by amicrobe from thewound of a person who has died oftetanus .
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tetanus + -in?
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