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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.
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