Dhanurvayu, Dhanurvāyu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhanurvāyu (ಧನುರ್ವಾಯು):—[noun] an acute infectious disease, characterised by spasmodic contractions of the voluntary muscles, as of the jaw, face, and neck, lockjaw, etc., caused by the toxin of a bacillus. Clostridium tetani which usu. enters the body through wounds; tetanus.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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