tetany

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. uncountable,usually
    — The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.

词形变化

tetanies plural

词源

Borrowed from French tétanie, from New Latin tetania.
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