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tetanic

tetanic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Physiol.  &  Med.)  Producing,  or  tending  to  produce, 
  tetanus,  or  tonic  contraction  of  the  muscles;  as  a 
  tetanic  remedy.  See  {Tetanic},  n. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.