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tetanism

tetanism noun: a form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.

Noun

tetanism (uncountable)

  1. A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.

Questions about tetanism

What does tetanism mean?
Tetanism means a form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.
What part of speech is tetanism?
Tetanism is a noun.

Words near tetanism in the dictionary

  1. tetanisations
  2. tetanise
  3. tetanised
  4. tetanises
  5. tetanising
  6. tetanism
  7. tetanization
  8. tetanizations
  9. tetanize
  10. tetanized
  11. tetanizes

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