Defn: An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
TETANUS
Tet"a*nus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Defn: A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
TETANY
Tet"a*ny, n. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
TETARD
Te*tard", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United
States; — called also sleeper.