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tetanic
[ tuh-tan-ik ]
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
/ əˈæɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or producing tetanus or the spasms of tetanus
noun
- a tetanic drug or agent
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Derived Forms
- ٱˈٲԾ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms
- ٱ·ٲi·· adverb
- Dzt·ٲi adjective
- ܲt·ٲi adjective
- ܲt·ٲi· adjective
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Another sequela of cholera is a tetanic contraction of the flexor muscles of the limbs.
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They will carry off with them the extracted sisa for a small fee, then shortly afterwards a baby in the village goes off in tetanic convulsions.
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Feels as if a spasm of the heart, tetanic.
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Trismus, tris′mus, n. tetanic spasm of the muscles of mastication, lockjaw.
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The motor reaction then manifests itself in laughing, crying, or deglutitory spasms, and, if the irritation be of the severest kind, epileptic or tetanic spasms in addition.
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