tetanic

tetanic is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
2. adjective. Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
3. noun. 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.
4. adjective. of or relating to or causing tetanus
5. adjective. of or relating to or causing tetany

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tetanic:

canetti, nictate

Common word forms

tetanics, tetanical

Words from these letters

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