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tetany

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.[1]

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Noun

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tetany (countable and uncountable, plural tetanies)

  1. (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tetany”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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