tetanin

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.

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