"tetanus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos); New Latin usage specific to the bacteria-caused disease. Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|τέτανος}} Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos) Head templates: {{la-noun|tetanus<2>}} tetanus m (genitive tetanī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tetanus<2>}} Forms: tetanī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tetanus [nominative, singular], tetanī [nominative, plural], tetanī [genitive, singular], tetanōrum [genitive, plural], tetanō [dative, singular], tetanīs [dative, plural], tetanum [accusative, singular], tetanōs [accusative, plural], tetanō [ablative, singular], tetanīs [ablative, plural], tetane [singular, vocative], tetanī [plural, vocative]
  1. A stiffness or spasm of the neck; tetanus Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tetanus-la-noun-1ddg1VV1
  2. (New Latin) The disease caused by Clostridium tetani. Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tetanus-la-noun-JjHT8Fxo Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Diseases Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Diseases: 21 79

Inflected forms

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