| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
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| CRD | carbohydrate-recognition domain; chronic renal disease; chronic respiratory disease; child restraint... |
| DMARD | disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug |
| IRRD | Institute for Research in Rheumatic Diseases |
| RF | radial fiber; radio frequency; receptive field; regurgitant fraction; Reitland-Franklin [unit]; rela... |
| manifest tetany | Tetany from any cause in which neuromuscular hyperexcitability are clearly evident, as opposed to latent tetany. Synonym: symptomatic tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| parathyroid tetany | 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) |
| parathyroprival tetany | 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) |
| recurrent tetany | A simple autosomal recessive trait in Scottish terrier dogs, characterised by arching of the back and a stiff-legged gait due to overflexed hindlimbs and abducted forelimbs. Synonym: Scotch cramp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grass tetany | A highly fatal disease of cows and sheep occurring generally during the first two weeks in the spring after the animals have been out on lush pastures; it is characterised by convulsions, hypomagnesaemia, and usually hypocalcaemia. Synonym: wheat pasture poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phosphate tetany | Tetany due to the ingestion of an excess of alkaline phosphates (Na2HPO4 or K2HPO4); most commonly produced experimentally in animals by the injection of alkaline phosphate, which reduces the ionised calcium of the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative tetany | Parathyroid tetany caused by injury to or excision of the parathyroids during thyroid removal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperventilation tetany | Tetany caused by forced overbreathing, due to a reduction in CO2in the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoparathyroid tetany | 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) |
| neonatal tetany | 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) |
| symptomatic tetany | Tetany from any cause in which neuromuscular hyperexcitability are clearly evident, as opposed to latent tetany. Synonym: symptomatic tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duration tetany | A tonic spasm occurring in degenerated muscles upon application of a strong galvanic current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile tetany | Tetany of infants occurring usually in rickets, due to dietary deficiency of vitamin D. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetany | 1. Hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles due to decrease in concentration of extracellular ionised calcium, which may be associated with such conditions as parathyroid hypofunction, vitamin D deficiency and alkalosis or result from ingestion of alkaline salts, it is characterised by carpopedal spasm, muscular twitching and cramps, laryngospasm with inspiratory stridor, hyperreflexia and choreiform movements. 2. Tetanus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| tetany cataract | A cataract that develops in hypocalcaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |