tetanize

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• transitive verb To affect with tetanic convulsions; produce or induce tetanus in.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To produce tetanus in.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb (Physiol.) To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See tetanus, n., 2.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb biology, transitive To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in.