different between tetanic vs tetanus

English

Etymology

From French tétanique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??tæn?k/

Adjective

tetanic (not comparable)

1. of or relating to tetanus
   • 1876, Michael Foster, A Textbook of Physiology

     This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction.

2. causing tetanus
3. of or relating to tetany
4. causing tetany

Noun

tetanic (plural tetanics)

1. Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.

Anagrams

• entatic, nictate

Romanian

Etymology

From French tétanique.

Adjective

tetanic m or n (feminine singular tetanic?, masculine plural tetanici, feminine and neuter plural tetanice)

1. tetanic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (tétanos), from ????? (teín?, “I stretch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?t.?n.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?t.?n.?s/, /?t?t.n?s/

Noun

tetanus (usually uncountable, plural tetani)

1. (pathology, countable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

   Synonym: lockjaw

2. (physiology, countable) A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• tetanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• attunes, nutates, tautens, unstate, untaste

Czech

Alternative forms

• tetan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?tanus]
• Hyphenation: te?ta?nus

Noun

tetanus m inan

1. tetanus (pathology)

Declension

Further reading

• tetanus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tetanus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tet?nus/, [?t?e?t??nus?]
• Rhymes: -et?nus
• Syllabification: te?ta?nus

Noun

tetanus

1. (pathology) tetanus

Declension

Synonyms

• jäykkäkouristus

Anagrams

• astunet, sattuen

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (tétanos); New Latin usage specific to the bacteria-caused disease.

Noun

tetanus m (genitive tetan?); second declension

1. A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus
2. (New Latin) The disease caused by Clostridium tetani.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• tetanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tetanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tetanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette