tetanus

«tetanus» in Mova's school dictionary: a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tetanus)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tetanus is a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and dust and can get into the body through a cut or wound; it makes muscles stiff and tight, especially in the jaw. tree →

2) A tetanus jab is an injection (vaccine) that protects you from this illness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, tetanus shows why vaccines matter: most children get tetanus jabs when they are little. In first aid, deep cuts from dirty or rusty objects, garden tools or animal bites should be cleaned well, and an adult should check if a tetanus jab is needed. An old name for tetanus is «lockjaw».

examples

• Tetanus germs live in soil. tree →
• I had a tetanus jab at the doctor's. tree →
• Clean any cut you get in the garden. tree →
• After stepping on a nail, he needed a tetanus booster. tree →
• Tetanus makes the jaw muscles very tight. tree →
• Vaccines protect children from tetanus. tree →
• Tetanus used to be called lockjaw. tree →
• Tell an adult if you cut yourself on something dirty. tree →

note

Uncountable. Myth: tetanus does not come from rust itself; the germs are in dirt, and rusty objects are often dirty and make deep cuts. Pronounced «TET-uh-nus».

In the corpora

• Tetanus germs live in soil, so the danger in a wound is the dirt, not the rust.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tetanus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.