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grass tetany

grass tetany noun: a metabolic disease of ruminants, involving magnesium deficiency, and usually occurring after grazing on pastures of rapidly growing grass.

Noun

grass tetany (uncountable)

  1. A metabolic disease of ruminants, involving magnesium deficiency, and usually occurring after grazing on pastures of rapidly growing grass.

Synonyms of grass tetany

Questions about grass tetany

What does grass tetany mean?
Grass tetany means a metabolic disease of ruminants, involving magnesium deficiency, and usually occurring after grazing on pastures of rapidly growing grass.
What part of speech is grass tetany?
Grass tetany is a noun.

Words near grass tetany in the dictionary

  1. grass skirt
  2. grass skirts
  3. grass snake
  4. grass snakes
  5. grass staggers
  6. grass tetany
  7. grass time
  8. grass times
  9. grass top
  10. grass tops
  11. grass trap

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