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What (who) is hypocalcemic tetany - definition
MEDICAL SIGN CONSISTING OF THE INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION OF MUSCLES
Milk-and-alkali tetany; Tetany (medical sign); Heat tetany; Tetanic seizure
 (14597996458).jpg?width=200 "Position of Hands in the Spasm of Tetany (1905)")
Tetany
Tetany or tetanic seizure is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which may be caused by disorders that increase the action potential frequency of muscle cells or the nerves that innervate them.
Tetany
·noun A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
tetany
['t?t(?)ni]
¦ noun Medicine a condition of intermittent muscular spasms, caused by parathyroid malfunction and consequent calcium deficiency.
Origin
C19: from Fr. tetanie, from L. tetanus (see tetanus).
Wikipedia
Tetany
Tetany or tetanic seizure is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which may be caused by disorders that increase the action potential frequency of muscle cells or the nerves that innervate them.
Muscle cramps caused by the disease tetanus are not classified as tetany; rather, they are due to a lack of inhibition to the neurons that supply muscles. Tetanic contractions (physiologic tetanus) are a broad range of muscle contraction types, of which tetany is only one.
