tetanic

From French tétanique.

• IPA^(key): /təˈtænɪk/

tetanic (not comparable)

1. of or relating to tetanus
   • 1876, Michael Foster, A Textbook of Physiology:

     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.

2. causing tetanus
3. of or relating to tetany
4. causing tetany

tetanic (plural tetanics)

1. Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.

   Nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine are tetanics.

• entatic, nictate

Borrowed from French tétanique.

tetanic m or n (feminine singular tetanică, masculine plural tetanici, feminine and neuter plural tetanice)

1. tetanic