Definition of Tetanization

1. n. The production or condition of tetanus.

Definition of Tetanization

1. Noun. (physiology) The production or condition of tetanus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetanization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tetanization

1. The production or condition of tetanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetanization

tetanic
tetanic convulsion
tetanical
tetanically
tetanics
tetanies
tetaniform
tetanigenous
tetanilla
tetanin
tetanise
tetanised
tetanises
tetanising
tetanism
tetanization (current term)
tetanizations
tetanize
tetanized
tetanizes
tetanizing
tetano-
tetanode
tetanoid
tetanolysin
tetanometer
tetanomotor
tetanomotors
tetanospasmin
tetanotoxin

Literary usage of Tetanization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Student's manual of electro-therapeutics by Royal W. Amidon (1884)
"citability of nerve and muscle is retained, but lessened. All contractions are retarded and slow, showing a tendency toward tetanization. FIG. 16. ..."

2. The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science: Consisting of Original (1866)
"Muscle which has been tetanized produces less acid than muscle which has been at rest; in fact the tetanization of muscle seems to consume the acid-forming ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"We used just now the phrase ' tetanization of a nerve,' meaning the application to a nerve of rapidly repeated shocks such as would produce tetanus in the ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"We used just now the phrase ' tetanization of a nerve,' meaning the application to a nerve of rapidly repeated shocks such as would produce tetanus in the ..."

5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1888)
"We used just now the phrase ' tetanization of a nerve,' meaning the application to a nerve of rapidly repeated shocks such as would produce tetanus in the ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"We used just now the phrase "tetanization of a nerve," meaning the application to a nerve of rapidly repeated shocks such as would produce tetanus in the ..."

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