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
Example Sentences
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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.
Dizziness, faintness, and blindness, the skin clammy, cold, and bluish or livid; temperature low with dreadful tetanic convulsions, and finally stupor.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
For example, in muscles, when fresh and not fatigued, the top of the tetanic curve is horizontal, or may even be ascending, but with long-continued stimulation the curve declines.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
But he could not speak at once; his teeth closed with tetanic force upon each other.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells
Trismus.—This term is used to denote a form of tetanic spasm limited to the muscles of mastication.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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