Tetanic /(?)/
Te·tan·ic
Tetanic
a.
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Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction. (Physiol.)
This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction.
- Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n. (Physiol. & Med.)
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. (Physiol. & Med.)