Crossword clues for tetanic
tetanic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, n. (Physiol. & Med.) 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.
Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr. ?, F. t['e]tanique.]
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(Physiol.) 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. (Physiol. & Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 of or relating to tetanus 2 causing tetanus 3 of or relating to tetany 4 causing tetany n. Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or causing tetany
of or relating to or causing tetanus
Usage examples of "tetanic".
If there is not much fatigue, the upper part of the tetanic curve is approximately horizontal, but in cases where fatigue sets in quickly, the fact is shown by the rapid decline of the curve.
In cases where there is marked fatigue, as for instance in certain muscles, the top of the tetanic curve undergoes rapid decline.
For example, in muscles, when fresh and not fatigued, the top of the tetanic curve is horizontal, or may even be ascending, but with long-continued stimulation the curve declines.
A Molt flopped in tetanic convulsions nearby, its carapace the deep red of a boiled lobster.
Dalmatian stretched in a dreadful tetanic spasm, spine arched, head craning desperately backward, legs like four wooden rods groping at nothing.
I favor the idea of a metabolic disturbance, an ionic imbalance in the neurotransmitter, trigammadimethylhitridixalot, resulting in the massive sustained, tetanic, bilateral muscular contractions and flexion that caused Dr.
Again the ghoul twisted into a tetanic arc as the strong muscles of its back tried to pull its head and feet together.
There also occur general convulsions and occasionally a condition of tetanic spasm.
She was an open car, capable of some eighteen miles on the flat, with tetanic gears and a perpetual palsy.
The experiments of Virchau and Muenster make it probable that it does not belong to the class of tetanic poisons, but that its particular effect is to take away the power of voluntary muscular movement, while the involuntary functions of the heart and intestines still continue.
The doctor recalled classic hyperventila-tory episodes being characterized by carpopedal spasms, and reminded himself to monitor the patient's hands and feet carefully during the interview for any signs of tetanic contraction, in which case the prescribed therapy would be I.