tetanic > define
adjective
- Of or relating to or causing tetany.
- Of or relating to or causing tetanus. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (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.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
- (a.) Producing or tending to produce, tetanus or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary