Tetanic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or causing tetanus.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or causing tetany.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of or relating to tetanus
  • adj. causing tetanus
  • adj. of or relating to tetany
  • adj. causing tetany
  • n. Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus
  • adj. Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles. See Tetanic, n.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
  • n. In medicine, a remedy which acts on the nerves, and through them on the muscles, as nux vomica, strychnia, brucina, etc. If taken in overdoses tetanics occasion convulsions and death.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to or causing tetany
  • adj. of or relating to or causing tetanus
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    tetanic spasm   
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