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〔tetanus〕An acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw, and caused by the toxin of the bacillusClostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. Also called lockjaw 破伤风：症状为自主肌痉挛性收缩的急性，通常为致死性疾病，尤其是颈肌与咀嚼肌痉挛性收缩，由厌氧芽胞核菌属 的细菌引起，典型地通过深伤口感染机体 也作 lockjaw〔fatal〕execution by lethal injection;致死性注射的死刑； |