Definitions for tetanic

tetanic te·tan·ic

Spelling: [tuh-tan-ik]
IPA: /təˈtæn ɪk/

Tetanic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in tetanic (aceintt).

Definitions for tetanic

adjective

  1. Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
  2. Medicine/Medical. noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles. Compare tetany.

Origin of tetanic

1720-30; Latin tetanicus Greek tetanikós, equivalent to tétan(os) spasm, tetanus + -ikos -ic

Examples for tetanic

Great difficulty in breathing and tetanic convulsions are present.

In cases where there is marked fatigue, as for instance in certain muscles, the top of the tetanic curve undergoes rapid decline.

The tetanic stage is followed by paralysis of reflex movements and cessation of breathing, the heart continuing to beat.

But he could not speak at once; his teeth closed with tetanic force upon each other.

She was an open car, capable of some eighteen miles on the flat, with tetanic gears and a perpetual palsy.

If the tetanic spasms have not commenced, the stomach-pump ought to be used.

The great point in the case was, did the tetanic symptoms, under which the deceased man died, depend on disease or poison?

The patient progressed favorably for some days, when tetanic symptoms appeared, and under these he sank.

I fancy, however, that their strength was rather of the tetanic than the titanic sort.

In tetanic spasm the limbs when bent return to their former position; not so in rigor mortis.

Word Value for tetanic
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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