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posttetanic

posttetanic adjective: following tetany.

Adjective

posttetanic (not comparable)

  1. Following tetany
    • This EF phenomenon is frequently associated with central mechanisms such as posttetanic potentiation at the Ia synapse, temporal summation of subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potentials of Ia fibers to the motoneurons and activation of persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurons [4, 17...2015 December 1, “Responders to Wide-Pulse, High-Frequency Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Show Reduced Metabolic Demand: A 31 P-MRS Study in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of posttetanic

From post- + tetanic.

Questions about posttetanic

What does posttetanic mean?
Posttetanic means following tetany.
What part of speech is posttetanic?
Posttetanic is an adjective.

Words near posttetanic in the dictionary

  1. posttertiary
  2. posttest
  3. posttesticular
  4. posttesting
  5. posttests
  6. posttetanic
  7. postthaw
  8. posttheater
  9. posttherapeutic
  10. posttherapeutical
  11. posttherapy

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