English-Thai Dictionary
tetanus
N การ หดตัว ของ กล้ามเนื้อ kan-hod-tua-kong-kam-nuan
tetanus
N บาดทะยัก bad-ta-yak
tetanus
N โรค บาดทะยัก rok-bad-ta-yak
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TETANUS
n.[Gr. stretched. ] A spasmodic contraction of the muscles of voluntary motion, particularly of those which shut the lower jaw; the locked jaw.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TETANUS
Tet "a *nus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Med. )
Defn: A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tetanus
tet a nus |ˈtetn-əs ˈtɛtnəs | ▶noun 1 a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles. See also trismus. [This disease is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani; Gram-positive anaerobic rods. ] 2 Physiology the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. DERIVATIVES tet a nize |-ˌīz |verb, tet a noid |-ˌoid |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm, ’ from teinein ‘to stretch. ’
Oxford Dictionary
tetanus
tet |anus |ˈtɛt (ə )nəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles. See also trismus. ●This disease is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani; Gram-positive anaerobic rods. 2 Physiology the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. DERIVATIVES tetanize (also tetanise ) verb, tetanoid adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm ’, from teinein ‘to stretch ’.
Duden Dictionary
Tetanus
Te ta nus Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |T e tanus auch ˈtɛ …|der Tetanus; Genitiv: des Tetanus lateinisch tetanus = Genickstarre < griechisch tétanos = krankhafte Verzerrung, Starre (von Körperteilen ), eigentlich = Spannung, zu: teínein = spannen, ausdehnen nach Infektion einer Wunde auftretende Krankheit, die sich durch Muskelkrämpfe, Fieber u. a. äußert; [Wund ]starrkrampf
Tetanusbazillus
Te ta nus ba zil lus Substantiv, maskulin , der |T e tanusbazillus |Erreger des Tetanus
Tetanusimpfung
Te ta nus imp fung Substantiv, feminin , die Schutzimpfung gegen Tetanus
Tetanusschutzimpfung
Te ta nus schutz imp fung Substantiv, feminin , die |T e tanusschutzimpfung |Schutzimpfung gegen Tetanus
Tetanusserum
Te ta nus se rum Substantiv, Neutrum , das bei der Tetanusschutzimpfung verwendetes Serum
Tetanusspritze
Te ta nus sprit ze Substantiv, feminin , die |T e tanusspritze | Injektion 1 eines Tetanusserums
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
tetanus
tet a nus /tét (ə )nəs /名詞 U 〘医 〙1 破傷風 ; 破傷風強直 .2 (筋肉の )持続強縮性けいれん .