tetanic

[ tuh-tan-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
Medicine/Medical. noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles. Compare tetany.

tetanic

/ təˈtænɪk /

Origin of tetanic¹

1720–30; < Latin tetanicus < Greek tetanikós, equivalent to tétan ( os ) spasm, tetanus + -ikos -ic

In every case an immunizing dose of anti-tetanic serum should be given.

The universal practice now is to inoculate with anti-tetanic serum just as soon as possible after a wound has been received.

Injury of the brain causes, as in higher animals, tetanic spasms and involuntary reflex movements, followed by stupefaction.

Tetanic and general convulsions are produced; and the immediate cause of death is a spasm of the muscles of respiration.

In two cases which we witnessed of individuals poisoned by strychnine, similar tetanic phenomena were observed.

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