tetanus
noun/ˈtetnəs/
/ˈtetnəs/
[uncountable]- a disease in which the muscles, especially the jaw muscles, become stiff, caused by bacteria entering the body through cuts or woundsTopics Health problemsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryTetanus is used before these nouns:
- injection
- jab
- shot
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.Want to learn more?
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