Medical Dictionary

tetanospasmin

noun tet·a·no·spas·min \ˌtet-ən-ō-ˈspaz-mən\

Medical Definition of TETANOSPASMIN

:  a crystalline unstable neurotoxin produced by the tetanus bacillus and held to be the cause of the tetanic convulsions of tetanus—called also tetanus toxin

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