Tetany

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetany \Tet"a*ny\, n. (Med.)
     A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from
     it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tetany
       n : clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular
           twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures;
           associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism)
           or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis [syn: {tetanilla}, {intermittent
           tetanus}, {intermittent cramp}, {apyretic tetanus}]