'Tetanin' definitions:

Definition of 'Tetanin'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]