<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Pathology.</li><li>Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.</li><li>Medicine/Medical.</li><li>Noting a medicine or poison that can cause tetanic spasms of the muscles.</li><li>Compare tetany.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Pathology.</li><li>A tertian fever.</li><li>A Jesuit during the period of tertianship.</li></ul>