tetanic

American  

[tuh-tan-ik] / təˈtæn ɪk /

Sometimes tetanical

adjective

1. Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.

2. Medicine/Medical. noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles.

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tetanic British  

/ təˈtænɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or producing tetanus or the spasms of tetanus

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noun

1. a tetanic drug or agent

Other Word Forms

• posttetanic
  adjective
• subtetanic
  adjective
• subtetanical
  adjective
• tetanically
  adverb

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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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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tetanic

In such cases even some tetanic convulsions are of little danger and may actually be necessary to overcome the paralysis of the splanchnicus and with it that of the other vaso-motor centres.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by A. Mueller

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

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

Doctor Wayn put him through a general examination, then a specific check for suggestibility, hypnotic index, reactions to the eleven basic drug groups, and susceptibility to tetanic and epileptic seizures.

From The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley

Dysphagia, sense of constriction in throat, intense thirst, cramps, faintness, profound depression; in fatal cases, giddiness and tetanic spasms.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

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