tetany
IPA: tˈɛtʌni
noun
- (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism
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Examples of "tetany" in Sentences
- Trousseau sign of latent tetany.
- It may be significant enough to cause Tetany.
- If severe, it may cause tetany alkalotic tetany .
- Tetany is a case of involuntary muscle convulsion.
- Milk and alkali tetany is an example of this imbalance.
- A feed composition designed to prevent grass tetany in livestock.
- The pathognomonic symptom is tetany seen in the neck of the recumbent cow.
- The Trousseau sign of latent tetany is also often used to detect early tetany.
- Symptoms included swooning, moaning,chattering of teeth, hyperpnea, and tetany.
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