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tetanisation

tetanisation is the alternative form of tetanization.

Meaning of tetanization

Noun

tetanization (countable and uncountable, plural tetanizations)

  1. The production or condition of tetanus.
    • Muscle which has been tetanized produces less acid than muscle which has been at rest; in fact the tetanization of muscle seems to consume the acid-forming matter.1866, Dr. Johannes Ranke, “Tetanus.—A Physiological Study”, in Dublin quarterly journal of medical science, volume 42, page 453

Forms of tetanisation

pluraltetanisations

Questions about tetanisation

What is tetanisation the alternative form of?
Tetanisation is the alternative form of tetanization.

Words near tetanisation in the dictionary

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

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