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Tetany

//ˈtɛtəni// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. countable, uncountable
  2. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.

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