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tetanies

tetanies is the plural of tetany.

Meaning of tetany

Noun

tetany (usually uncountable, plural tetanies)

  1. (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

Questions about tetanies

What is tetanies the plural of?
Tetanies is the plural of tetany.

Words near tetanies in the dictionary

  1. tetanal
  2. tetani
  3. tetanic
  4. tetanically
  5. tetanics
  6. tetanies
  7. tetaniform
  8. tetanigenous
  9. tetanin
  10. tetanine
  11. tetanisation

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