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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

English

Noun

clones

1. plural of clone

Anagrams

• Colens, closen

Asturian

Verb

clones

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of clonar

Catalan

Verb

clones

1. second-person singular present indicative form of clonar

French

Verb

clones

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cloner

Noun

clones m

1. plural of clone

Anagrams

• celons, leçons, oncles

Portuguese

Verb

clones

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of clonar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of clonar

Spanish

Verb

clones

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of clonar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of clonar.