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tetany
n.
disease causing powerful muscle spasms
Tetany
Tetany or tetany
seizure is a
medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of
muscles, which may be caused by disease or other conditions that increase the
action potential frequency of muscle cells or the nerves that innervate them. Muscle cramps which are caused by the disease
tetanus are not classified as tetany; rather, they are due to a lack of inhibition to the neurons that supply muscles.
tetany
Noun
1. clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
(synonym) tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus
(hypernym) syndrome
Tetany
(n.)
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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