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.
adjective
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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
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
In anger there is a kind of tetanic contraction of all the capillaries, causing extreme pallor, and the expulsion of an extra quantity of bile from the liver.
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori
Sometimes he suffers from a general tetanic seizure associated with arrest of respiration, which is usually of short duration and is frequently overlooked, but may prove fatal.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In tetanic spasm the limbs when bent return to their former position; not so in rigor mortis.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
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