tetanus
See also: Tetanus
English
Etymology
From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ən.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ən.əs/, /ˈtɛt.nəs/
Noun
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, volume 279, number 5349, DOI: , pages 399-403:
- We first saturated LTP in one pathway by applying repetitive tetani that had no effect on the control pathway […]
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Derived terms
- antitetanic
- antitetanus
- DPT
- tetanal
- tetanic
- tetanization
- tetanize
- tetany
Translations
disease
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Further reading
- tetanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- attunes, nutates, tautens, unstate, untaste
Czech
Alternative forms
- tetan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛtanus]
- Hyphenation: te‧ta‧nus
Noun
tetanus m inan
- tetanus (pathology)
Declension
Declension of tetanus
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tetanus | tetany |
genitive | tetanu | tetanů |
dative | tetanu | tetanům |
accusative | tetanus | tetany |
vocative | tetane | tetany |
locative | tetanu | tetanech |
instrumental | tetanem | tetany |
Further reading
- tetanus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tetanus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin tetanus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtetɑnus/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪ɑnus̠]
- Rhymes: -etɑnus
- Syllabification(key): te‧ta‧nus
Noun
tetanus
- (pathology) tetanus
Declension
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 | |
instructive | — | tetanuksin | |
abessive | tetanuksetta | tetanuksitta | |
comitative | — | tetanuksineen |
Possessive forms of tetanus (type vastaus) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tetanukseni | tetanuksemme |
2nd person | tetanuksesi | tetanuksenne |
3rd person | tetanuksensa |
Synonyms
- jäykkäkouristus
Anagrams
- astunet, sattuen
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos); New Latin usage specific to the bacteria-caused disease.
Noun
tetanus m (genitive tetanī); second declension
- A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus
- (New Latin) The disease caused by Clostridium tetani.
Declension
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
- “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
Noun
tetanus c
- (pathology) tetanus
- Synonym: (more common) stelkramp
References
- tetanus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tetanus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tetanus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)