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  1. Tetany
    Tetany is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which may be caused by disease or other conditions that increase the action potential frequency. Muscle cramps that are caused by the disease tetanus are not classified as tetany; rather, they are due to a blocking of th...
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  2. tetany
    [n] - clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures
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  3. Tetany
    Muscle spasm (uncontrolled overcontraction) caused by insufficient calcium ions available at the muscle end-plate.
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  4. Tetany
    Tetany: A combination of signs and symptoms, due usually to low calcium, that can include: Hyperreflexia (overactive neurological reflexes), Carpopedal spasm (spasms of the hands and feet), Cramps, and Laryngospasm (spasm of the larynx, the voice box). Tetany characteristically is considered to resu...
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  5. Tetany
    Tet'a·ny noun (Medicine) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
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  6. tetany
    1. Hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles due to decrease in concentration of extracellular ionised calcium, which may be associated with such conditions as parathyroid hypofunction, vitamin D deficiency and alkalosis or result from ingestion of alkaline salts, it is characterised by carpopedal spa...
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  7. tetany
    tetanilla noun clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency o...
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  8. tetany
    (tet´ә-ne) a syndrome manifested by carpopedal spasm (sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints) with muscle twitchings, cramps, convulsions, and sometimes attacks of stridor. It is due to abnormal calcium metabolism, such as in persons with decreased functioning of the parathyroid glands, ...
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  9. Tetany
    • (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
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  1. tetany
    condition characterized by rhythmic cramping of the muscles of the hands and feet, muscle twitching, and possible spasms of the larynx, with ... [8 related articles]
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  2. tetany
    1. hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles due to decrease in concentration of extracellular ionized calcium, which may be associated with such conditions as parathyroid hypofunction, vitamin D deficiency, and alkalosis or result from ingestion of alkaline salts; it is characterized by carpopedal sp...
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  3. tetany
    tetany A nervous disorder marked by intermittent tonic spasms that are usually paroxysmal and involve the extremities. It may occur in infants; especially, newborns in intensive care units. High risk infants include premature newborns of diabetic mothers and those who have had perinatal asphyxia (s...
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  4. tetany
    tetany (tet'unē) , condition of mineral imbalance in the body that results in severe muscle spasms. Tetany occurs when the concentration of calcium ions (Ca++) in extracellular fluids such as plasma falls below normal. The nervous system becomes increasingly excitable, and nerves discharge...
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  5. Tetany
    Tetany is the spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the hands and feet. It occurs in children suffering from rickets, and less frequently in adults after removal of the thyroid gland, or in the course of certain diseases.
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  6. tetany
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tet′ă-nē Definitions: 1. A clinical neurologic syndrome characterized by muscle twitches, cramps, and carpopedal spasm, and when severe, laryngospasm and seizures; these findings reflect irritability of the central and peripheral nervous systems, usually res...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=90994

  7. TETANY
    Seizurelike tremors caused most often by a decrease in circulating calcium levels.
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  8. Tetany
    Hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by a decrease in the concentration of extracellular calcium.
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  9. Tetany
    Hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by a decrease in the concentration of extracellular calcium.
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  10. tetany
    1) Apyretic tetanus 2) Condition givin muscular pain 3) Intermittent cramp 4) Intermittent tetanus 5) Syndrome 6) Tetanilla
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