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tetany

Noun

tet=a=ny

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tetany(n = noun.state) apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla - clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis; Array

is a kind of syndrome

tetany, n.

A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms. [1913 Webster]

tetany, n. a disease with intermittent muscular spasms caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium.

Etymology

F t{eacute}tanie (as TETANUS)

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