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Definitions

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

Synonyms

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Etymology

Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.

Related phrases

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