tetanus

  • 11tetanus — tètanus m DEFINICIJA pat. akutna zarazna bolest koju uzrokuje bacil Clostridium tetani ETIMOLOGIJA lat. ← grč. tétanos: grč …

    Hrvatski jezični portal

  • 12tetanus — ► NOUN ▪ a disease causing muscle rigidity and spasms, spread by bacteria. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek tetanos muscular spasm …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13tetanus — [tet′ n əs, tet′nəs] n. [L < Gr tetanos, spasm (of muscles), lit., stretched < base of teinein: see THIN] 1. an acute infectious disease, often fatal, caused by the specific toxin of a bacillus (Clostridium tetani) which usually enters the… …

    English World dictionary

  • 14Tetanus — Not to be confused with tinnitus. Tetanus Classification and external resources Muscular spasms (specifically opisthotonos) in a patient sufferi …

    Wikipedia

  • 15Tetanus — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A33 Tetanus neonatorum A34 Tetanus während der Schwangerschaft, der Geburt und des Wochenbettes …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 16tetanus — tetanal, adj. tetanoid, adj. /tet n euhs/, n. 1. Pathol. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the… …

    Universalium

  • 17Tetanus — An often fatal infectious disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani (C. tetani) which usually enters the body through a puncture, cut, or open wound. Tetanus is characterized by profoundly painful spasms of muscles, including locking of… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 18tetanus —   n. muscular spasm due to a soil bacillus; lockjaw.    ♦ tetanic(al), a.    ♦ tetanize, v.t. cause tetanus in.    ♦ tetanoid, a. like tetanus.    ♦ tetany, n. state resembling tetanus …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 19Tetanus — Wundstarrkrampf * * * Te|ta|nus 〈m.; ; unz.〉 = Wundstarrkrampf [latinisiert <grch. tetanos; zu teinein „strecken, spannen, ausstrecken“] * * * Te|ta|nus [auch: tɛ… ], der; [lat. tetanus = Genickstarre < griech. tétanos = krankhafte… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 20tetanus — n. to develop tetanus * * * [ tet(ə)nəs] to develop tetanus …

    Combinatory dictionary