Category:Tetanic

Te*tan"ic, a. Etym: [cf. L. tetanicus suffering from tetanus, gr. Tétanique.]

1. (physiol.)

Defn: 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. (physiol. & med.)

Defn: producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction Of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See tetanic, n.

Tetanic Te*tan"ic, n. (physiol. & med.)

Defn: 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.