tetany. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

tetany

SYLLABICATION:	tet·a·ny
PRONUNCIATION:	ttn-
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. tet·a·nies An abnormal condition characterized by periodic painful muscular spasms and tremors, caused by faulty calcium metabolism and associated with diminished function of the parathyroid glands.
ETYMOLOGY:	From tetanus.


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