Usually means: Inducing sustained muscle contraction electrically.
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  1. tetanization: Merriam-Webster
  2. tetanization: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tetanization: Wordnik
  4. tetanization: Wiktionary
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  6. Tetanization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Tetanization: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. tetanization: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Tetanization: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. tetanization: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Tetanization: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ noun:  (physiology) The production or condition of tetanus.

Similar:
tetanospasm, tetanus, tetanism, entasia, tetany, pseudotetany, hypertonus, hypertonia, orthotonos, tendinopathy, more...

Opposite:
relaxation, unclenching, loosening

Types:
tonic, clonic, spastic, more...

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Similar:
tetanospasm, tetanus, tetanism, entasia, tetany, pseudotetany, hypertonus, hypertonia, orthotonos, tendinopathy, more...

Opposite:
relaxation, unclenching, loosening

Types:
tonic, clonic, spastic, more...



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