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NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tetany \Tet"a*ny\, n. (Med.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tetany n 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 [syn: tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus]