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tetanin

tetanin noun: a poisonous base/alkaloid found in the tetanus bacillum (Clostridium tetani).

Noun

tetanin (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A poisonous base/alkaloid found in the tetanus bacillum (Clostridium tetani)
    Synonyms:
    tetanine

Synonyms of tetanin

Origin of tetanin

From tetanus + -in?

Questions about tetanin

What does tetanin mean?
Tetanin means a poisonous base/alkaloid found in the tetanus bacillum (Clostridium tetani).
What part of speech is tetanin?
Tetanin is a noun.

Words near tetanin in the dictionary

  1. tetanically
  2. tetanics
  3. tetanies
  4. tetaniform
  5. tetanigenous
  6. tetanin
  7. tetanine
  8. tetanisation
  9. tetanisations
  10. tetanise
  11. tetanised

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