tetanus

Examples

• All

• The doctor cauterized, stitched, and bandaged the wound, and gave Milton a tetanus shot.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Don't you remember the last time you received a tetanus shot?

  Academic text (2015)

• When was the last time you had a tetanus shot?

  A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

• We have to give you a tetanus shot.

  Che: Part One (2008)

• Gotta get a tetanus shot.

  Ed (1996)

• Lily will have to have a tetanus shot at least.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I'll send a nurse in to clean that bite and give you a tetanus shot.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I just got a tetanus shot and some stitches.

  Repeaters (2011)

• You're gonna need a tetanus shot.

  Bad Moon (1996)

• The nurse gives him a tetanus shot, a sample tube of bacitracin, and a hospital-sized Band-Aid.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

L

lockjaw

vstetanus

• Specialized

6 8.3

A serious infection that makes your jaw and other muscles stiff

is the formal medical name for the same bacterial infection

Compounds

A

apyretic tetanus

• Specialized

9.9

A condition that causes muscle twitching, cramps, and sometimes seizures without fever, often from low calcium or vitamin D

I

intermittent tetanus

• Specialized

8.4

A condition that causes repeated muscle cramps and twitching, often from low calcium or vitamin D

T

tetanus antitoxin

• Specialized

5.6

A medicine made from antibodies that gives short-term protection against tetanus after a wound

T

tetanus immune globulin

• Specialized

6.7

A shot of antibodies that gives short-term protection against tetanus

T

tetanus immunoglobulin

• Specialized

6.7

A medicine from vaccinated people that gives immediate short-term protection against tetanus after a wound

Surface Forms

Etymology