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tetanic

tetanic

1 9.7
Causing or like strong, continuous muscle spasms and stiffness
  • adjective
  • /təˈtænɪk/
  • Specialized
: tétanico
  • The patient exhibited tetanic spasms during the examination.

Examples

  • Certain toxins are known to produce tetanic symptoms in mammals.

  • A tetanic reaction can result in prolonged and rigid muscle spasms.

  • The patient exhibited tetanic muscle contractions following the infection.

  • Doctors are concerned about tetanic symptoms in patients.

  • The patient displayed signs of tetanic spasms during the examination.

  • After contracting the virus, he experienced tetanic convulsions that required immediate medical attention.

  • Doctors noted that her symptoms included tetanic rigidity, resembling those seen in tetanus cases.

How Spasmodic

tetanic
  • Specialized
1 9.7
convulsive
  • Specialized
2 7.7
clonic
  • Specialized
1 9.5
spasmodic
2 8.1

Surface Forms

tetanic positive

Morphology

tetanic = tetanus (transparent) = tetan + ic

Formed by the standard adjectival suffix '-ic' from the noun 'tetanus', meaning 'relating to tetanus', which is a direct semantic derivation.

Etymology

Tetanic comes from the Greek word tetanos, from teinein meaning 'to stretch'. So a tetanic reaction is like muscles being pulled very 'tight' and held in long, stiff spasms.