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INTERMITTENT CRAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermittent cramp mean? 

INTERMITTENT CRAMP (noun)
  The noun INTERMITTENT CRAMP has 1 sense:

1. clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosisplay

  Familiarity information: INTERMITTENT CRAMP used as a noun is very rare.


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INTERMITTENT CRAMP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

apyretic tetanus; intermittent cramp; intermittent tetanus; tetanilla; tetany

Hypernyms ("intermittent cramp" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)


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