TETANY


Meaning of TETANY in English

/tet"n ee/ , n. Pathol.

a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.

[ 1880-85; tetania. See TETANUS, -Y 3 ]

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