Definitions
a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
Word origin
From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).
Used in a sentence
“We first saturated LTP in one pathway by applying repetitive tetani that had no effect on the control pathway […]”
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