TETANY


Meaning of TETANY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈte-tə-nē, ˈtet-nē ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin tetanus

Date: circa 1885

: a condition of physiological calcium imbalance marked by tonic spasm of muscles and often associated with deficient parathyroid secretion

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