tetany

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛtəni/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “tetany”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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