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tetanus

tetanus · m

a stiffness

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

tĕtănus — Lewis & Short

tĕtănus, i, m., = te/tanos,

I a stiffness or spasm of the neck, tetanus, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48; 31, 10, 46, § 122; Scrib. Comp. 101 (in Cels. 4, 3, written as Greek).

In the wild

tetanis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.7.p2
tetanos Celsus, De Medicina 2.1.p8
tetanis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.10.p6
tetano Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.8.p2
tetano Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.5.p9
tetano Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.1.p18

Where it came from

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