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 wounds
破伤风 Collocations DictionaryTetanus is used before these nouns:- injection
- jab
- shot
- …
词源late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.