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a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object; prevented by the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccine and by subsequent booster shots every 10 years- The Masai guide said members of his tribe have a gap cut between their front teeth so that nutrients cam 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
- Tetanus is also commonly called lockjaw and the death grip.
- Tetanus is also commonly called lockjaw.
- Two fellows die of tetanus.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Jodie had told her about a boy who stepped on a rusty nail and didn't get a tetanus shot.Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing
- There is an army medical lance-corporal with it who sticks an anti-tetanus needle into our chests.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- At the hospital they took out shotgun pellets from her hand, but missed one in her head, and gave her a tetanus shot and sent her back home.Dori Sanders -- Clover
- Like that baby born blue out of that woman with tetanus this morning.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- At the end of the first attack I discovered symptoms of tetanus; you confirmed my opinion.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- "You need a tetanus shot," Roy said.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- A half-hour later at Texas Children's Hospital, Norberto was given a tetanus shot after a doctor had cleaned and stitched his foot.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- Levanthal wanted to see if he could persuade a group of college seniors at Yale University to get a tetanus shot.Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
- That child has tetanus and will die.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- He also said the salt water was good for healing the pain and preventing tetanus.Ishmael Beah -- A Long Way Gone
- That's nothing compared to some of the other diseases she says she's suffered from—tetanus, malaria, sprue, typhus.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- 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.Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
- When's the last time you had a tetanus shot?James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
- Carla's mother thought I should go to the hospital for stitches and a tetanus shot.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- I didn't even need stitches then, just a tetanus shot.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- After he finished with the sutures, the Iranian doctor wrote a prescription for a tetanus shot, handed it to Moody, and chattered out instructions.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
tetanus = a deadly bacterial infection that results in muscle spasms whose symptoms include locking the jaw tightly closed
tetanus = a deadly bacterial infection that results in muscle spasms whose symptoms include locking the jaw tightly closed
tetanus = a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound
tetanus = for a bacteria that causes severe spasms (also called lockjaw) which can be fatal
tetanus = a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound
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