Tetanus
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late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.
wiktionary
From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος(tétanos), from τείνω(teínō, “I stretch”).
etymonline
tetanus (n.)
infectious disease, late 14c., from Latin tetanus "tetanus," from Greek tetanos "tetanus, muscular spasm," literally "a stretching, tension," from teinein "to stretch" (from PIE root *ten- "to stretch"); "so called because the disease is characterized by violent spasms and stiffness of the muscles" [Barnhart]. Related: Tetanoid (adj.).
