tetanic
Americanadjective
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Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
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Medicine/Medical. noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles.
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Etymology
Origin of tetanic
1720–30; < Latin tetanicus < Greek tetanikós, equivalent to tétan ( os ) spasm, tetanus + -ikos -ic
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Even slight tetanic convulsions, which were noticed in a few cases, invariably passed off quickly.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by A. Mueller
Symptoms.—Sense of suffocation, twitchings of muscles, followed by tetanic convulsions and opisthotonos, each lasting half to two minutes.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
Another sequela of cholera is a tetanic contraction of the flexor muscles of the limbs.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The specific germ remains at the point of infection, and produces toxins that cause tetanic contractions of the muscles.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
She was an open car, capable of some eighteen miles on the flat, with tetanic gears and a perpetual palsy.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
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