| tetania | An obsolete synonym for tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tetania gastrica | Tetany associated with a gastric disorder, especially with loss of HCl by vomiting. Synonym: tetania gastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetania gravidarum | Tetany in pregnant women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetania neonatorum | Hypocalcaemic tetany occurring in neonates or young infants, due to transient functional hypoparathyroidism in consumption of cow's milk (high phosphorus content). Synonym: myotonia neonatorum, tetania neonatorum, tetanism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetania parathyreopriva | Tetany due to lack of parathyroid function, spontaneous or following excision of the parathyroid glands. Synonym: hypoparathyroid tetany, parathyroprival tetany, tetania parathyreopriva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetanic | 1. <physiology> Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction. "This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction." (Foster) 2. <medicine> Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic. Origin: Cf. L. Tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr, F. Tetanique. <medicine> A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tetanic convulsion | A convulsion in which muscle contraction is sustained. Synonym: tetanic convulsion, tonic seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetaniform | <medicine> Resembling tetanus. Origin: Tetanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tetanigenous | Causing tetanus or tetaniform spasms. Origin: tetanus + G. -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetanilla | Synonym: fibrillary myoclonia, tetany. Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of L. Tetanus (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetanin | <physiology> A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tetanise | To stimulate a muscle by a rapid series of stimuli so that the individual muscular responses (contractions) are fused into a sustained contraction; to cause tetanus in a muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetanism | Hypocalcaemic tetany occurring in neonates or young infants, due to transient functional hypoparathyroidism in consumption of cow's milk (high phosphorus content). Synonym: myotonia neonatorum, tetania neonatorum, tetanism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetanization | <physiology> The production or condition of tetanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tetanize | <physiology> To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |