The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tetanin
Tetanin \Tet"a*nin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) 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.
Wiktionary
tetanin
n. (context organic compound English) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth by a microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus.