Term: tetanus: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: accessory before the fact: a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: now: the momentary present
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: genus lespedeza: genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: vacation: the act of making something legally void
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: prairie smoke: North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: adjustment: the act of adjusting something to match a standard
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: paraldehyde: a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: nonverbal intelligence: intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: therapeutics: branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
Broader: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | Unrelated: chloasma: a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives