Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tetany

1 sense of tetany

Sense 1
tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus -- (clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis)
       => syndrome -- (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)