tetanic (tetanik)

and n. [= F. tétanique = Sp. tetánico =Pg. tetanico, in tetanus, strychnic poisoning, or first stage of a typical epileptic attack. II. n. In med ., a remedy which acts on the nerves, and through them on the muscles, as nux vomica, strychnia, brucin a, etc. If taken in overdoses tetanics occasion convulsions and death. tet an i form (tet'a-ni-form), a . [L. tetanus , tetanus, + form a , form.] Of the nature of or resembling tetanus; tetanoid.