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INTERMITTENT TETANUS

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• INTERMITTENT TETANUS (noun)
The noun INTERMITTENT TETANUS has 1 sense:

1. clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis

Familiarity information: INTERMITTENT TETANUS used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERMITTENT TETANUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

apyretic tetanus; intermittent cramp; intermittent tetanus; tetanilla; tetany

Hypernyms ("intermittent tetanus" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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