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tetanin

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  1. 1. n. A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects. Source: opted
  2. 2. A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects. Source: webster
  3. 3. A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through theagency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has diedof tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of itsprominent effects. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects. Source: ecdict

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