tet·a·nize
(tĕt′n-īz′)tr.v. tet·a·nized,
tet·a·niz·ing,
tet·a·niz·es To affect with tetanic convulsions; produce or induce tetanus in.
tet′a·ni·za′tion (-nĭ-zā′shən) n.
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tetanize
(ˈtɛtəˌnaɪz) or tetanise
vb (Medicine) (tr) to induce tetanus in (a muscle); affect (a muscle) with tetanic spasms
ˌtetaniˈzation, ˌtetaniˈsation n
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tet•a•nize
(ˈtɛt nˌaɪz)
v.t. -nized, -niz•ing. to induce tetanic spasms in (a muscle).
[1840–50]
tet`a•ni•za′tion, n.
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tetanize
Past participle: tetanized
Gerund: tetanizing
| Imperative |
|---|
| tetanize |
| tetanize |
| Present |
|---|
| I tetanize |
| you tetanize |
| he/she/it tetanizes |
| we tetanize |
| you tetanize |
| they tetanize |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I tetanized |
| you tetanized |
| he/she/it tetanized |
| we tetanized |
| you tetanized |
| they tetanized |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am tetanizing |
| you are tetanizing |
| he/she/it is tetanizing |
| we are tetanizing |
| you are tetanizing |
| they are tetanizing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have tetanized |
| you have tetanized |
| he/she/it has tetanized |
| we have tetanized |
| you have tetanized |
| they have tetanized |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was tetanizing |
| you were tetanizing |
| he/she/it was tetanizing |
| we were tetanizing |
| you were tetanizing |
| they were tetanizing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had tetanized |
| you had tetanized |
| he/she/it had tetanized |
| we had tetanized |
| you had tetanized |
| they had tetanized |
| Future |
|---|
| I will tetanize |
| you will tetanize |
| he/she/it will tetanize |
| we will tetanize |
| you will tetanize |
| they will tetanize |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have tetanized |
| you will have tetanized |
| he/she/it will have tetanized |
| we will have tetanized |
| you will have tetanized |
| they will have tetanized |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be tetanizing |
| you will be tetanizing |
| he/she/it will be tetanizing |
| we will be tetanizing |
| you will be tetanizing |
| they will be tetanizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been tetanizing |
| you have been tetanizing |
| he/she/it has been tetanizing |
| we have been tetanizing |
| you have been tetanizing |
| they have been tetanizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been tetanizing |
| you will have been tetanizing |
| he/she/it will have been tetanizing |
| we will have been tetanizing |
| you will have been tetanizing |
| they will have been tetanizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been tetanizing |
| you had been tetanizing |
| he/she/it had been tetanizing |
| we had been tetanizing |
| you had been tetanizing |
| they had been tetanizing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would tetanize |
| you would tetanize |
| he/she/it would tetanize |
| we would tetanize |
| you would tetanize |
| they would tetanize |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have tetanized |
| you would have tetanized |
| he/she/it would have tetanized |
| we would have tetanized |
| you would have tetanized |
| they would have tetanized |
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