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tetany

/ˈtɛtəni/

tetany noun: a condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.

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

tetany meaning in Tamil

tetany in Tamil

தசைநார்ச் சுருக்கம், வலிப்பு, இசிப்பு, சுண்ணக்குறை விரைப்பு

Forms of tetany

pluraltetanies

Origin of tetany

Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.

Words formed from tetany

Questions about tetany

What does tetany mean?
Tetany means a condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
What is tetany in Tamil?
Tetany in Tamil is தசைநார்ச் சுருக்கம், வலிப்பு, இசிப்பு. See Tetany meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tetany?
Tetany is a noun.
How do you pronounce tetany?
Tetany is pronounced /ˈtɛtəni/.
What is the plural of tetany?
The plural of tetany is tetanies.

Words near tetany in the dictionary

  1. tetanospasms
  2. tetanuran
  3. tetanurans
  4. tetanus
  5. tetanuses
  6. tetany
  7. tetarimycin
  8. tetartemoria
  9. tetartemorion
  10. tetartemorions
  11. tetartohedral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tetany (page history and authors); tetany (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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