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Clostridium tetani [klä‚strid·ē·əm ′tet·ən‚ī]

(medicine)

A spore-forming bacterium that produces a powerful toxin, tetanospasmin, that blocks inhibitory synapses in the central nervous system and thus causes the severe muscle spasms characteristic of tetanus.

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Clostridium tetani (redirected from C. tetani)

Clostridium tetani
(redirected from C. tetani)