TETANIC meaning: Sustained, involuntary muscle contraction state

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word Tetanic:

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tetanic: Merriam-Webster
tetanic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
tetanic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
tetanic: Collins English Dictionary
tetanic: Vocabulary.com
tetanic: Wordnik
tetanic: Wiktionary
tetanic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
tetanic: Infoplease Dictionary
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Tetanic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
tetanic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
tetanic: Rhymezone
Tetanic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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tetanic: Mnemonic Dictionary
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tetanic: Encyclopedia

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tetanic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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-tetanic, tetanic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tetanic)

▸ adjective:  of or relating to tetanus
▸ adjective:  causing tetanus
▸ adjective:  of or relating to tetany
▸ adjective:  causing tetany
▸ noun:  Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.

Opposite:

atonic, relaxed, flaccid, weak, limp

Types:

cephalic, spinal, vagal, segmental, focal, generalized, more...

Phrases:

Tetanic contraction, tetanic convulsions, tetanic spasm, tetanic convulsion, tetanic contraction, tonic contraction, more...

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