tetanus
See also: Tetanus
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edittetanus (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
editTranslations
editdisease
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Further reading
editAnagrams
editCzech
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittetanus m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittetanus
Declension
editInflection 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
editFurther 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
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos); New Latin usage specific to the bacteria-caused disease.
Noun
edittetanus m (genitive tetanī); second declension
- A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus
- (New Latin) The disease caused by Clostridium tetani.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
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
editNoun
edittetanus c
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