Australian English Meaning of tetanic

tetanic

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Definitions and Meaning of tetanic in English

Wordnet

tetanic (a)

of or relating to or causing tetany

of or relating to or causing tetanus

Webster

tetanic (a.)

Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.

Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.

Webster

tetanic (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.

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tetanic

of or relating to or causing tetany, of or relating to or causing tetanusOf or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; teta

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tet => tet, testy => testy, testudo graeca => Greek tortoise, testudo => Testudo, testudinidae => Tortoises,