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TETANICS
Noun
tetanics pl (plural only)
(medicine, dated) A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.
Anagrams
• cantiest, entastic, nictates, stancite, testican
Source: Wiktionary
TETANIC
Te*tan"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr. tétanique.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction. This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction. Foster.
2. (Physiol. & Med.)
Definition: Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
Te*tan"ic, n. (Physiol. & Med.)
Definition: A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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