tetanus

Word Type

n.

tetanus Meaning Definition

A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.

Synonyms for tetanus

African lethargy,Asiatic cholera,Chagres fever,German measles,Haverhill fever,Jacksonian epilepsy,Rolandic epilepsy,abdominal epilepsy,access,acquired epilepsy,activated epilepsy,acute articular rheumatism,affect epilepsy,ague,akinetic epilepsy,alkali disease,amebiasis,amebic dysentery,anthrax,apoplexy,arrest,attack,autonomic epilepsy,bacillary dysentery,bastard measles,black death,black fever,blackwater fever,blockage,breakbone fever,brucellosis,bubonic plague,cachectic fever,cardiac epilepsy,cerebral rheumatism,chicken pox,cholera,clonic spasm,clonus,convulsion,cortical epilepsy,cowpox,cramp,cursive epilepsy,dandy fever,deer fly fever,dengue,dengue fever,diphtheria,diurnal epilepsy,dumdum fever,dysentery,eclampsia,elephantiasis,encephalitis lethargica,enteric fever,epilepsia,epilepsia gravior,epilepsia major,epilepsia minor,epilepsia mitior,epilepsia nutans,epilepsia tarda,epilepsy,erysipelas,falling sickness,famine fever,fit,five-day fever,flu,focal epilepsy,frambesia,frenzy,glandular fever,grand mal,grippe,hansenosis,haute mal,hepatitis,herpes,herpes simplex,herpes zoster,histoplasmosis,hookworm,hydrophobia,hysterical epilepsy,ictus,infantile paralysis,infectious mononucleosis,inflammatory rheumatism,influenza,jail fever,jungle rot,kala azar,kissing disease,larval epilepsy,laryngeal epilepsy,laryngospasm,latent epilepsy,lepra,leprosy,leptospirosis,loa loa,loaiasis,lockjaw,madness,malaria,malarial fever,marsh fever,matutinal epilepsy,measles,meningitis,menstrual epilepsy,milzbrand,mumps,musicogenic epilepsy,myoclonous epilepsy,nocturnal epilepsy,occlusion,ornithosis,osteomyelitis,paratyphoid fever,parotitis,paroxysm,parrot fever,pertussis,petit mal,physiologic epilepsy,pneumonia,polio,poliomyelitis,polyarthritis rheumatism,ponos,psittacosis,psychic epilepsy,psychomotor epilepsy,rabbit fever,rabies,rat-bite fever,reflex epilepsy,relapsing fever,rheumatic fever,rickettsialpox,ringworm,rotatoria,rubella,rubeola,scarlatina,scarlet fever,schistosomiasis,seizure,sensory epilepsy,septic sore throat,serial epilepsy,shingles,sleeping sickness,sleepy sickness,smallpox,snail fever,spasm,splenic fever,spotted fever,stoppage,strep throat,stroke,swamp fever,tardy epilepsy,tetany,throes,thromboembolism,thrombosis,thrush,tinea,tonic epilepsy,tonic spasm,torsion spasm,traumatic epilepsy,trench fever,trench mouth,trismus,tuberculosis,tularemia,typhoid,typhoid fever,typhus,typhus fever,ucinate epilepsy,undulant fever,vaccinia,varicella,variola,venereal disease,viral dysentery,visitation,whooping cough,yaws,yellow fever,yellow jack,zona,zoster

Synonym Search Links for tetanus

African lethargyAsiatic choleraChagres feverGerman measlesHaverhill feverJacksonian epilepsyRolandic epilepsyabdominal epilepsyaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyacute articular rheumatismaffect epilepsyagueakinetic epilepsyalkali diseaseamebiasisamebic dysenteryanthraxapoplexyarrestattackautonomic epilepsybacillary dysenterybastard measlesblack deathblack feverblackwater feverblockagebreakbone feverbrucellosisbubonic plaguecachectic fevercardiac epilepsycerebral rheumatismchicken poxcholeraclonic spasmclonusconvulsioncortical epilepsycowpoxcrampcursive epilepsydandy feverdeer fly feverdenguedengue feverdiphtheriadiurnal epilepsydumdum feverdysenteryeclampsiaelephantiasisencephalitis lethargicaenteric feverepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyerysipelasfalling sicknessfamine feverfitfive-day feverflufocal epilepsyframbesiafrenzyglandular fevergrand malgrippehansenosishaute malhepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiahysterical epilepsyictusinfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzajail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawmadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermatutinal epilepsymeaslesmeningitismenstrual epilepsymilzbrandmumpsmusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynocturnal epilepsyocclusionornithosisosteomyelitisparatyphoid feverparotitisparoxysmparrot feverpertussispetit malphysiologic epilepsypneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospsittacosispsychic epilepsypsychomotor epilepsyrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverreflex epilepsyrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrotatoriarubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisseizuresensory epilepsyseptic sore throatserial epilepsyshinglessleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feverspasmsplenic feverspotted feverstoppagestrep throatstrokeswamp fevertardy epilepsytetanythroesthromboembolismthrombosisthrushtineatonic epilepsytonic spasmtorsion spasmtraumatic epilepsytrench fevertrench mouthtrismustuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverucinate epilepsyundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenteryvisitationwhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster