simple past tense and past participle of tetanize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tetanize

(biology, transitive) To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in.

Alternative form of tetanize

Resembling tetanus.

simple past tense and past participle of tetanise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tetanise

present participle of tetanise

(medicine) Causing tetanus or tetaniform spasms.

(medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.