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