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tetany
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tet·a·ny  (ttn-)
n. pl. tet·a·nies
An abnormal condition characterized by periodic painful muscular spasms and tremors, caused by faulty calcium metabolism and associated with diminished function of the parathyroid glands.
[From tetanus.]
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Noun1.tetany - clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla
syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease


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