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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or causing tetany
2: of or relating to or causing tetanus

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1727 of, relating to, being, or tending to produce tetany or tetanus • tetanically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or such as occurs in tetanus. Derivatives: tetanically adv. Etymology: L tetanicus f. Gk tetanikos (as TETANUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tetanic Te*tan"ic, a. [Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr. ?, F. t['e]tanique.] 1. (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. 2. (Physiol. & Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.

Webster's 1913 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.