Tetanus

//ˈtɛt.ən.əs//

Synonyms for "tetanus" (202 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (101)

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Translations

118 translations across 95 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • klem-in-die-kaak noun (disease)
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Albanian

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  • tetanos noun (disease)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τέτανος noun (disease)

Arabic

2 entries
  • كُزَاز noun (disease)
  • كُزَّاز noun (disease)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܙܩܬܐ noun (disease)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փայտացում noun (disease)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ধনুষ্টংকাৰ noun (disease)

Asturian

2 entries
  • tétano noun (disease)
  • tétanos noun (disease)

Basque

1 entries
  • tetanos noun (disease)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • слупняк noun (disease)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ধনুষ্টঙ্কার noun (disease)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Breton

1 entries
  • tetanos noun (disease)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • тетанус noun (disease)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tètan noun (disease)
  • tètanus noun (disease)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 破傷風 /破伤风 noun (disease)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 破傷風 /破伤风 noun (disease)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 破傷風 /破伤风 noun (disease)

Corsican

1 entries
  • tetanu noun (disease)

Czech

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Danish

1 entries
  • stivkrampe noun (disease)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • އިދިފުށަށްދަމާ ބަލި noun (disease)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tetano noun (disease)

Estonian

1 entries
  • teetanus noun (disease)

Finnish

2 entries
  • jäykkäkouristus noun (disease)
  • tetanus noun (disease)

French

1 entries
  • tétanos noun (disease)

Galician

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  • tétano noun (disease)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტეტანუსი noun (disease)

German

2 entries
  • Tetanus noun (disease)
  • Wundstarrkrampf noun (disease)

Greek

1 entries
  • τέτανος noun (disease)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ધનુર્વા noun (disease)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • טֶטָנוּס noun (disease)

Hindi

1 entries
  • धनुस्तंभ noun (disease)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • merevgörcs noun (disease)
  • tetanusz noun (disease)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • stjarfi noun (disease)
  • stífkrampi noun (disease)

Ido

1 entries
  • tetano noun (disease)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Irish

1 entries
  • teiteanas noun (disease)

Italian

1 entries
  • tetano noun (disease)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 破傷風 noun (disease)

Javanese

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಧನುರ್ವಾತ noun (disease)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сіреспе noun (disease)

Khmer

1 entries
  • តេតាណូស noun (disease)

Korean

1 entries
  • 파상풍 noun (disease)

Latin

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Latvian

2 entries
  • stingumkrampji noun (disease)
  • tetāns noun (disease)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • wónjstaerkramp noun (disease)

Lingala

1 entries
  • tetanɔ́si noun (disease)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stabligė noun (disease)

Lombard

1 entries
  • tetan noun (disease)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Starrkrampf noun (disease)
  • Tetanus noun (disease)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тетанус noun (disease)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • tetanosy noun (disease)

Malay

1 entries
  • kancing gigi noun (disease)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • റ്റെറ്റനസ് noun (disease)

Manx

2 entries
  • glassey keeilley noun (disease)
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Marathi

1 entries
  • धनुर्वात noun (disease)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • татран noun (disease)
  • ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠷᠠᠩ noun (disease)

Māori

3 entries
  • kauae timu noun (disease)
  • mate pakaua hukihuki noun (disease)
  • pakaua hukihuki noun (disease)

Nepali

1 entries
  • धनुष्टंकार noun (disease)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • doaŋgegeasáhat noun (disease)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • stivkrampe noun (disease)
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • stivkrampe noun (disease)
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tetanòs noun (disease)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଧନୁଷ୍ଟଙ୍କାର noun (disease)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كزاز noun (disease)

Persian

1 entries
  • کزاز noun (disease)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Mulkraump noun (disease)
  • Tettanus noun (disease)

Polish

1 entries
  • tężec noun (disease)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • tétano noun (disease)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਟੈਟਨਸ noun (disease)
  • ਧੁਣਖਵਾ noun (disease)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tetanos noun (disease)

Russian

1 entries
  • столбня́к noun (disease)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • galar na glas-guib noun (disease)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tètanus noun (disease)
  • тѐтанус noun (disease)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Spanish

1 entries
  • tétanos noun (disease)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • tétanus noun (disease)

Swahili

2 entries
  • pepopunda noun (disease)
  • tetanasi noun (disease)

Swedish

1 entries
  • stelkramp noun (disease)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tetano noun (disease)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ధనుర్వాతము noun (disease)

Thai

1 entries
  • บาดทะยัก noun (disease)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྩ་འཁུམ་ནད། noun (disease)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kazıklı humma noun (disease)
  • küzaz noun (disease)
  • tetanos noun (disease)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • праве́ць noun (disease)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • tetanus noun (disease)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • qoqshol noun (disease)
  • қоқшол noun (disease)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • uốn ván noun (disease)

Walloon

1 entries
  • tetanosse noun (disease)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tetanws noun (disease)

Sample sentences

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Botulism, brucellosis, Lyme-disease and tetanus are infectious, but not contagious diseases.

Source: tatoeba (637805)

The tetanus shot hurt more than the dog bite.

Source: tatoeba (661260)

If you get bit by a rabid dog, you'll need a tetanus shot.

Source: tatoeba (963960)

You should get a tetanus booster shot once every ten years.

Source: tatoeba (2334856)

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