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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tetanic

· Te·tan·ic · IPA /təˈtæn.ɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.(Physiol.)
    “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. 2.
    Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.(Physiol. & Med.) See: Tetanic
02 n. A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and whi…
  1. 1.
    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.(Physiol. & Med.)