"Tetanic" is a word in ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of
tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic
contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine)
which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal
cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces
tetanic spasms or convulsions.
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The production or condition of tetanus.
Read the complete definitionTo throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.
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