Both Uses
tetanus
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A Farewell to Arms
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- Antitetanus please, and mark a cross on both legs.†
Book 1antitetanus = 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.
- Get some more of that Antitetanus.†
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Definitions:
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(tetanus) a bacterial infection typically contracted through a puncture wound with a dirty object -- such as a rusted nailTetanus is also called lockjaw because of muscle spasms that make the patient incapable of opening their jaw.
People who have had the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccine and a subsequent booster shot every 10 years, are protected from tetanus. Others should get a "tetanus shot" after a puncture wound with a dirty object. The tetanus shot provides immediate, short-term protection. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)