Definitions of tetanic
a. - Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
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a. - Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
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n. - 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.
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The word "tetanic" uses 7 letters: A C E I N T T.
Direct anagrams of tetanic:
nictate
Words formed by adding one letter before or after tetanic (in bold), or to aceintt in any order:
d - nictated o - taconite p - pittance r - interact s - entastic nictates tetanics u - tunicate x - excitant y - tenacity
Shorter words found within tetanic:
ace acetin acne act actin ae ai ain ait an ane ani ant ante anti antic at ate att attic cain can cane cant cat cate cattie cent centai cine cite eat en enact enatic entia et eta etic etna ice in intact it na nae ne neat net nett nice nit nite ta tace tacet tacit tact tae tain taint tan tat tate tea teat tecta ten tenia tent tet ti tic tie tin tinct tine tinea tint tit titan
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