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Definition of Tetanize
1. v. t. To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus,
Definition of Tetanize
1. Verb. (biology transitive) To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tetanize
1. to affect with convulsions [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]
Medical Definition of Tetanize
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetanize
Literary usage of Tetanize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"... three excitations a second suffice to tetanize. The muscles of marmots during
the winter sleep can be tetanized by 5 excitations per second (Patrizi). ..."
2. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"... while 20—30 per second are required to tetanize the pale (active) striated
muscles (Kronecker and Sterling) ; 100 stimuli per second are needed to ..."
3. Studies from the Biological Laboratory by Johns Hopkins University Biological Laboratory (1890)
"1.) Raising the temperature by passing water through the cylinder, the mean
results gotten were as follows: Temperature. Number to tetanize. ..."
4. Immune Sera: A Concise Exposition of Our Present Knowledge Concerning the by Charles Frederick Bolduan, August von Wassermann (1908)
"When, on the contrary, he waited one to three days, it was found that then a dose
of tetanus toxin which would not even tetanize a normal guinea pig was ..."
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