单词 | tetanic |
释义 | tetanicadj.n. a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of tetanus; characterized by tetanus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adjective] > tetanus tetanic1727 opisthotonic1734 orthotonic1748 tetanoid1856 tetanizing1874 tetaniform1887 tetanigenous1891 pleurotonic1899 tetanal1942 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tetanick, having a Crick in the Neck or Cramp in it, that holdeth it so stiff that it cannot bow. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 304 In the warm climates, where tetanic affections very often follow the great operations. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 649 Clonic agitation instead of a tetanic spasm. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 102 Convulsive and tetanic symptoms. b. as n. (See quot. 1844.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > drugs having specific effect > [noun] > producing convulsions or contractions convulsive1725 tetanic1844 convulsant1875 spasmogen1952 1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Tetanic, a remedy, which acts on the nerves, and, through them, on the muscles, occasioning, in large doses, convulsions. DerivativesΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tetanical,..that hath the crick in the neck [etc.]. teˈtanically adv. [see -ically suffix] by, or as by tetanus; spasmodically. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adverb] > as by tetanus tetanically1877 1877 I. Rosenthal Gen. Physiol. Muscles & Nerves 36 The muscle..contracts tetanically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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