What does "tetany" mean?

A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.

What is a synonym for "tetany"?

Common synonyms include: access, apoplexy, apyretic tetanus, arrest, attack, blockade.

/ˈtɛtəni/ noun

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Noun

1
A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. countable, uncountable
2
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis wordnet

Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.