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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tetanin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tetanin.html. 1828.
 
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