pakaua hukihuki
1. (noun) tetanus - bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles.
Heoi ki ētahi whakaaro ko ngā mate i pā pea ki a rātou ko te niumōnia, te pakaua hukihuki, mate kaikōiwi me ngā tūmomo hakihaki (Te Ara 2016). / However according to some theories the illnesses that probably affected them were pneumonia, tetanus, rheumatoid arthritis and various skin diseases.
