TETANY

Meaning of TETANY in English

[ 'tɛt(ə)ni ]

■ noun Medicine a condition of intermittent muscular spasms, caused by parathyroid malfunction and consequent calcium deficiency.

Origin

C19: from Fr. tétanie , from L. tetanus (see tetanus ).

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TETANY — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin tetanus Date: circa 1885 a condition of physiological calcium imbalance marked by tonic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TETANY — ˈtet( ə )nē, -ni noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tetan- + -y; probably originally formed as French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETANY — (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Английский словарь Webster
TETANY — ( n. ) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TETANY — /tet"n ee/ , n. Pathol. a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TETANY — n. disease causing powerful muscle spasms
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TETANY — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin tetanus Date: circa 1885 : a condition of physiological calcium imbalance marked by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TETANY — noun a morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Webster English vocab
TETANY — [tet.a.ny] n [ISV, fr. L tetanus] (ca. 1885): a condition of physiologic calcium imbalance marked by tonic spasm of muscles …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TETANY — a type of cramp that is a symptom of metabolic imbalance. The muscles of the hands and feet cramp rhythmically, …
Britannica English vocabulary
TETANY — tetany BrE AmE ˈtet ə n i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TETANY — n. a disease with intermittent muscular spasms caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TETANY — n. a disease with intermittent muscular spasms caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TETANY — n. a disease with intermittent muscular spasms caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium. …
Oxford English vocab
TETANY — тетания (медицина) тетания
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TETANY — Тетания
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TETANY — n мед. тетания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TETANY — тетания
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TETANY — (n) тетания
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TETANY — n мед. тетания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TETANY — n мед. тетания
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TETANY — тетания (патологическое состояние в виде приступов тонических судорог)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
TETANY — тетания (медицина) тетания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TETANY — n. Pronunciation: ' te-t ə -n ē , ' tet-n ē Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin tetanus …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TETANIC — adjective Date: circa 1727 of, relating to, being, or tending to produce tetany or tetanus, ~ally adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRAMP — Painful, involuntary, sustained contraction of muscle in limbs or some internal organs. Causes may be neurological, reflex, or psychological. Common …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS STAGGERS — noun see grass tetany
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHEAT POISONING — noun : grass tetany affecting cattle grazing on wheat
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETANOID — ˈtet ə nˌȯid adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tetan- + -oid : resembling tetanus or tetany tetanoid spasms
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETANIFORM — -nəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tetan- + -iform; originally formed as French tétaniforme : resembling tetanus or tetany
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TETANIC — teˈtanik adjective Etymology: New Latin tetanicus, from Greek tetanikos suffering from tetanus, from tetanos tetanus + -ikos -ic 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EISELSBERG, ANTON, FREIHERR VON — (baron of) born July 31, 1860, Schloss Steinhaus, Austrian Empire died Oct. 25, 1939, near St. Valentin, Austria Austrian surgeon, …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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