| 释义 |
tetanize, v.|ˈtɛtənaɪz|
[f. tetan-us + -ize: so F. tétaniser.]
trans. To produce tetanus or tetanic spasms in. Hence ˈtetanized ppl. a., ˈtetanizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1849Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 473 They then assume the tetanized condition, during which their limbs become completely stiffened. 1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 544 The common crab,..finding itself a prisoner, draws in its legs rigid, as if tetanized by the touch. 1874Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (1880) 200 As a tetanising agent, it is inferior to strychnia and brucia. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 819 A double electrode being applied to the posterior wall of the larynx so as to tetanise the interarytenoid. |