tetanization

plural tetanizations · alternative tetanisation

1. countableuncountablemedicineThe production or condition of tetanus.

   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 matter.

   1866, Dr. Johannes Ranke, “Tetanus.—A Physiological Study”, in Dublin quarterly journal of medical science, volume 42, page 453

   2 more examples

   The position of the internal capsule is determined with microelectrodes by its characteristic absence of somatodendritic action potentials and the tetanization produced by stimulating corticospinal tract fibers.

   2007, Dr. Stewart A. Factor, Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis & Clinical Management, 2nd edition

   Heterosynaptic, long-term plastic changes can be induced in hippocampal and neocortical neurons by intracellular tetanization—bursts of spikes evoked by short, depolarizing pulses applied through the recording electrode.

   2015, Detlev Boison, Homeostatic Control of Brain Function, page 132