tetany
Meaning of tetany
noun
a condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms, caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium.
late 19th century: from French tétanie, from Latin tetanus (see tetanus).
Information about tetany
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tetany is: tetanies.
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Hyphenation of tetany
tetany
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- tetany is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tetany synonyms
Meaning tetanilla:
Words that rhyme with tetany
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