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tetanic, a. (n.)|tɪˈtænɪk|
[ad. L. tetanic-us, a. Gr. τετανικός.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of tetanus; characterized by tetanus.
1727Bailey vol. II, Tetanick, having a Crick in the Neck or Cramp in it, that holdeth it so stiff that it cannot bow. 1805Med. Jrnl. XIV. 304 In the warm climates, where tetanic affections very often follow the great operations. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 495 Clonic agitation instead of a tetanic spasm. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 102 Convulsive and tetanic symptoms.
b. as n. (See quot.)
1857Dunglison Dict. Med. Sc., Tetanic,..a remedy, which acts on the nerves, and, through them, on the muscles, occasioning, in large doses, convulsions.
So † teˈtanical a., tetanic. Obs. rare—0. Hence teˈtanically [see -ically] adv., by, or as by tetanus; spasmodically.
1656Blount Glossogr., Tetanical,..that hath the crick in the neck [etc.]. 1877Rosenthal Muscles & Nerves 36 The muscle..contracts tetanically. |