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tetanus
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)
- (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
- (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
- 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
- (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
- A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus
- (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
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lockjaw
English
Etymology
lock +? jaw
Noun
lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)
- (pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
Synonyms
- trismus, tetanus
Translations
See also
- lockjaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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