TETANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetany mean? 

• TETANY (noun)
  The noun TETANY 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 alkalosis

  Familiarity information: TETANY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETANY (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 ("tetany" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include muscle cramps, abdominal pain, dry skin, brittle nails, cataracts, tetany, and convulsions.

(Hypoparathyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)