tetanic

Of, relating to, or causing tetanus.

Of, relating to, or causing tetany.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.

In medicine, a remedy which acts on the nerves, and through them on the muscles, as nux vomica, strychnia, brucina, etc. If taken in overdoses tetanics occasion convulsions and death.

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.

Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus

Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles. See Tetanic, n.

of or relating to tetanus

causing tetanus

of or relating to tetany