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tetanic definition

te·tanic (te tan′ik)

adjective

of, like, characterized by, or producing tetanus

Etymology: L tetanicus < Gr tetanikos < tetanos, a spasm: see tetanus

noun

any drug, as strychnine, capable of producing tetanic spasms of the muscles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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