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TETANUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tetanus" is a kind of...):

contraction; muscle contraction; muscular contraction ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

Synonyms:

lockjaw; tetanus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tetanus" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

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 Context examples: 

Vaccination with the peptide 946-tetanus conjugate melanoma vaccine may produce antibodies as well as elicit a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response in tumor cells expressing the 946 epitope, thereby decreasing tumor cell growth.

(Peptide 946-Tetanus Peptide Conjugate Melanoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis antigens (inactivated PT, FHA, and pertactin) are adsorbed onto aluminum hydroxide; the hepatitis B antigen is adsorbed onto aluminum phosphate.

(Diphtheria Toxoid/Tetanus Toxoid/Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Recombinant Hepatitis B/Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Combined, NCI Thesaurus)

The tetanus toxoid helper peptide epitope, obtained from the bacterial Clostridium tetani toxoid, binds to class II MHC molecules and increases the helper T-cell response thereby inducing an increased and long-term immune response.

(CEA/Tetanus Toxoid T Helper Epitope Fusion Protein-Expressing DNA Plasmid Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This test uses seven antigens: tuberculin, tetanus, diphtheria, Streptococcus, Candida, Trichophyton, and Proteus to test for cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity responses in humans.

(Cell-Mediated Immunity Multitest, NCI Thesaurus)

Today, children in the United States routinely get vaccines that protect them from more than a dozen diseases such as measles, polio, and tetanus.

(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Tetanus toxin is similar in structure and in mechanism of action to botulinum toxin.

(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

C. tetani may colonize the intestinal tract of humans and is pathogenic, being the causative agent of Tetanus infection.

(Clostridium tetani, NCI Thesaurus)

C. putrificum is considered pathogenic and may cause post-operative tetanus.

(Clostridium putrificum, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the Clostridium tetani IgG antibody in a biological specimen.

(Clostridium tetani IgG Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A vaccine containing detoxified tetanus toxoid and detoxified diphtheria toxoid adsorbed on aluminum phosphate with active immunizing activity against diphtheria and tetanus.

(Diphtheria Toxoid/Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine Adsorbed, NCI Thesaurus)