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noun
A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: syndrome
History
Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
