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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek tetanos, from tetanos stretched, rigid; akin to Greek teinein to stretch — more at thin Date: 14th century 1. a. an acute infectious disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by the specific toxin of a bacterium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound — compare lockjaw b. the bacterium that causes ~ 2. prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles. 2 Physiol. the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. Derivatives tetanize v.tr. (also -ise). tetanoid adj. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk tetanos muscular spasm f. teino stretch ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) тетанус, тетаническое сокращение 2) столбняк 3) напряжённое состояние (растительной ткани) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. мед. столбняк, тетанус 2. физиол. длительное сокращение скелетной мышцы, судорога; спазм(а) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n a serious illness caused by bacteria that enter your body through cuts and wounds and make your muscles, especially your jaw, go stiff; lockjaw ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1392, from L. tetanus, from Gk. tetanos "muscular spasm," lit. "a stretching, tension," from teinein "to stretch," so called because the disease is characterized by violent spasms and stiffness of muscles. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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