"tetany" in the noun sense
1. tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus
clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
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