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The Masai guide had a gap cut between his front teeth so that nutrients could be consumed in the event of tetanus (lockjaw).tetanus = a deadly bacterial infection that results in muscle spasms whose symptoms include locking the jaw tightly closed
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Tetanus is also commonly called lockjaw and the death grip.
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A booster shot is recommended every ten years to protect against tetanus.tetanus = bacterial infection from puncture wounds
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"There's no tetanus," she said. (source)tetanus = bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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He got a tetanus shot, and now we're loading him with antibiotics and pain medication. (source)tetanus shot = a shot doctors give to provide immediate, short-term protection against a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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Carla's mother thought I should go to the hospital for stitches and a tetanus shot. (source)
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Tetanus? Yellow fever? All those shots? (source)Tetanus = a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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Jodie had told her about a boy who stepped on a rusty nail and didn't get a tetanus shot.† (source)tetanus shot = a shot doctors give to provide immediate, short-term protection against a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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Antitetanus please, and mark a cross on both legs.† (source)Antitetanus = an agent that works against a bacterial infection that is typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty objectstandard prefix: The prefix "anti-" in antitetanus means against or opposite. This is the same pattern you see in words like antiviral, antiaircraft, and antisocial.
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There is an army medical lance-corporal with it who sticks an anti-tetanus needle into our chests. (source)tetanus = a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound
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He had to go to the doctor and have a tetanus shot.† (source)tetanus shot = a shot doctors give to provide immediate, short-term protection against a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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Get some more of that Antitetanus.† (source)Antitetanus = an agent that works against a bacterial infection that is typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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Like that baby born blue out of that woman with tetanus this morning.† (source)tetanus = bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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They all three in the front seat, Mae Mobley squeezed in the middle with a look so miserable you think she about to get a tetanus shot.† (source)tetanus shot = a shot doctors give to provide immediate, short-term protection against a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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I wondered what the incubation period was for tetanus or—or for rabies.† (source)tetanus = bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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It was a deep gash, about three or four inches long—not serious; but he would require some stitches to close the wound, and a tetanus shot.† (source)tetanus shot = a shot doctors give to provide immediate, short-term protection against a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object
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