tetanus
/tet-n-uhs/US // ˈtɛt n əs //UK // (ˈtɛtənəs) //
破伤风,白喉,伤寒,伤风
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- : Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.Compare lockjaw.
- : Also called tetanus bacillus. Bacteriology. the bacterium, Clostridium tetani, causing this disease.
- : Physiology. a state of sustained contraction of a muscle during which the muscle does not relax to its initial length or tension, induced by a rapid succession of stimuli.
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It has a history of successful, large-scale immunization programs for diseases like polio and tetanus, first-rate scientists, highly trained doctors and powerful networks of community health workers.
Since the 1980s, millions of pregnant women have been administered vaccines to help protect their unborn in the womb from tetanus, and, more recently, from pertussis and flu.
For some other diseases, vaccines are known to prompt a more protective immune response than the actual infection, including HPV and tetanus.
Gunner was treated for a small wound to the stomach but is otherwise fine, while Wilbanks received a tetanus shot and will keep his pet on a leash and farther away from the water from now on.
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