Usually means: Induce sustained muscle contraction electrically.
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  1. tetanize: Merriam-Webster
  2. tetanize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tetanize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tetanize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tetanize: Wordnik
  6. tetanize: Wiktionary
  7. tetanize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tetanize: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tetanize: Dictionary.com
  10. Tetanize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. tetanize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Tetanize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. tetanize: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tetanize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tetanize: Encyclopedia

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  1. tetanize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. tetanize: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (biology, transitive) To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in.

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