Tetanic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from
     tetanus, Gr. ?, F. t['e]tanique.]
     1. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the
        character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic
        contraction.
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              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.
                                                    --Foster.
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     2. (Physiol. & Med.) Producing, or tending to produce,
        tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a
        tetanic remedy. See {Tetanic}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, n. (Physiol. & Med.)
     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tetanic
       adj 1: of or relating to or causing tetany
       2: of or relating to or causing tetanus