Definition of Tetanic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or causing tetany.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or causing tetanus.
Definition of Tetanic
1. a. Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
2. 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.
Definition of Tetanic
1. a drug capable of causing convulsions [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tetanic
1.
1. Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction. "This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction." (Foster)
2. Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic.
Origin: Cf. L. Tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr, F. Tetanique.
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.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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