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Definition of Tetanoid

1. a. Resembling tetanus.

Definition of Tetanoid

1. Adjective. Resembling tetanus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetanoid

1. tetanus [adj] - See also: tetanus

Medical Definition of Tetanoid

1. Resembling tetanus. Origin: Tetanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetanoid

Literary usage of Tetanoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Epidemic Meningitis, Or Cerebro-spinal Meningitis by Alfred Stillé (1867)
"tetanoid PHENOMENA.—These are still more characteristic of epidemic meningitis than the symptom just ... tetanoid symptoms are by no means necessary to ..."

2. The Applied anatomy of the nervous system by Ambrose Loomis Ranney (1888)
"I shall use the term "tetanoid paraplegia," therefore, in preference to the other names suggested by the authors quoted, in describing the symptoms which ..."

3. Essentials of Nervous Diseases and Insanity: Their Symptoms and Treatment. A by John C. Shaw (1892)
"tetanoid Paraplegia. (Spastic Spinal Paralysis ; Spastic Paraplegia ; Tabes Dcr- salis Spasmodique ; Primary Sclerosis of the Lateral Columns. ..."

4. The Science and art of obstetrics by Sheldon Leavitt (1901)
"Among these we may name, rigidity of the os uteri, atresia of the cervical canal, tetanoid constriction involving the lower uterine segment, tumefaction and ..."

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