tetano

See also: tétano

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English tetanus, Latin tetanus and French tétanos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teˈtano]
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: te‧ta‧no

Noun

tetano (uncountable, accusative tetanon)

  1. tetanus
    • 1998 March, Vladimir Lemelev, “Homo, kiu savis milionojn”, in Monato, page 12:
      La sukceso de la kontraŭ-variola kampanjo rezultigis plian programon de vakcinado kontraŭ ses malsanoj: tuberkulozo, difterio, kokluŝo, morbilo, poliomjelito kaj tetano.
      The success of the anti-smallpox campaign resulted in more vaccination programs against six diseases: tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, polio and tetanus.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, I stretch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ta.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtano
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ta‧no

Noun

tetano m (plural tetani)

  1. (pathology) tetanus

Derived terms

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tétano, variant of tétanos, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtetano/ [ˈtɛ.tɐ.no]
  • Rhymes: -etano
  • Syllabification: te‧ta‧no

Noun

tétanó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜈᜓ)

  1. (medicine) tetanus

Derived terms

  • magkatetano
  • matetano

Further reading

  • tetano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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