tetanic

/tuh-tan-ik/US // təˈtæn ɪk //UK // (təˈtænɪk) //

四肢发达,四肢瘫痪,四肢无力,四肢发达的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- : Medicine/Medical. noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles.Compare tetany.

In every case an immunizing dose of anti-tetanic serum should be given.
The universal practice now is to inoculate with anti-tetanic serum just as soon as possible after a wound has been received.
Injury of the brain causes, as in higher animals, tetanic spasms and involuntary reflex movements, followed by stupefaction.
Tetanic and general convulsions are produced; and the immediate cause of death is a spasm of the muscles of respiration.
In two cases which we witnessed of individuals poisoned by strychnine, similar tetanic phenomena were observed.