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noun

A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

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tetanus trismus limberneck clonus pseudolocking locked-in syndrome tetany lathyrism orthotonos dystonia myoclonus creutzfeldt-jakob disease cadaveric spasm dactylospasm neuroleptospirosis entasia

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faker spasm spasms flume teleport milt quicksilver cookbook dizzy arg medusa gallup

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