tetany en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛtəni/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Profitable Wonders”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tetanies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
transport tetany · transit tetany · grass tetany
Relateds
Translations (5)
es tetania (condition) · de Tetanie (condition) · fr tétanie (condition) · pl tężyczka (condition) · it tetania (condition)