Definition

A potentially fatal bacterial infection from Clostridium tetani that turns your muscles into rigid, uncooperative jerks—literally. Also called lockjaw, this disease lives in soil and animal feces, waiting to crash your party through open wounds. It's why your doctor gets weirdly insistent about that rusty nail incident requiring a booster shot.

Example Usage

After stepping on a rusty nail, he rushed to the ER for a tetanus shot to prevent infection.

Source: Medical terminology, infectious disease

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