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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ən.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ən.əs/, /ˈtɛt.nəs/
- Rhymes: (General American) -ɛtnəs
Noun[edit]
tetanus (usually uncountable, plural tetanuses or 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.
- 1998 January 16, Pierre-Marie Lledo et al., “Postsynaptic Membrane Fusion and Long-Term Potentiation”, in Science[1], volume 279, number 5349, , pages 399–403:
- We first saturated LTP in one pathway by applying repetitive tetani that had no effect on the control pathway […]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
disease
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tetanus m inan
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tetanus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tetanus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tetanus
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tetanus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tetanus | tetanukset | ||
genitive | tetanuksen | tetanusten tetanuksien | ||
partitive | tetanusta | tetanuksia | ||
illative | tetanukseen | tetanuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tetanus | tetanukset | ||
accusative | nom. | tetanus | tetanukset | |
gen. | tetanuksen | |||
genitive | tetanuksen | tetanusten tetanuksien | ||
partitive | tetanusta | tetanuksia | ||
inessive | tetanuksessa | tetanuksissa | ||
elative | tetanuksesta | tetanuksista | ||
illative | tetanukseen | tetanuksiin | ||
adessive | tetanuksella | tetanuksilla | ||
ablative | tetanukselta | tetanuksilta | ||
allative | tetanukselle | tetanuksille | ||
essive | tetanuksena | tetanuksina | ||
translative | tetanukseksi | tetanuksiksi | ||
abessive | tetanuksetta | tetanuksitta | ||
instructive | — | tetanuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tetanus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos); New Latin usage specific to the bacteria-caused disease.
Noun[edit]
tetanus m (genitive tetanī); second declension
- A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus
- (New Latin) The disease caused by Clostridium tetani.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tetanus | tetanī |
Genitive | tetanī | tetanōrum |
Dative | tetanō | tetanīs |
Accusative | tetanum | tetanōs |
Ablative | tetanō | tetanīs |
Vocative | tetane | tetanī |
References[edit]
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tetanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tetanus c
References[edit]
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