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Tetany

Definition: Tetany

Tetany

Noun

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.

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Specialty Definitions: Tetany

DomainDefinitions

Health

1. hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles due to decrease in concentration of extracellular ionized 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 characterized by carpopedal spasm, muscular twitching and cramps, laryngospasm with inspiratory stridor, hyperreflexia and choreiform movements. 2. tetanus. (references)

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Synonyms: Tetany

Synonyms: apyretic tetanus (n), intermittent cramp (n), intermittent tetanus (n), tetanilla (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tetany

Specialty definitions using "tetany": Chvostek sign, Chvostek's, Chvostek's sign. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Tetany

DomainTitle

Books

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tetany

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tetany

36

grass tetany

5

hypocalcemic tetany

2
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Modern Translations: Tetany

Language Translations for "tetany"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tetani. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tetanie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

jäykkäkouristus (lockjaw, lock-jaw, tetanus). (various references)

   

French

  

tétanie. (various references)

   

German

  

Tetanie, Tetania. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tetánia, merevgörcs (lock-jaw, tetanus). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tetania. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etanytay

   

Portuguese

  

tetania, tétano (lockjaw, tetanus). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tetania. (various references)

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Rhyming with "Tetany"

Words rhyming with "tetany" (pronounced 'Tet"a*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny, Cormogeny, Cormophylogeny, Cosmogony, Counter-compony, Crony, Crystallogeny, Cytogeny, Destiny, Diplostemony, Discompany, Disharmony, Dissentany, Dittany, Dunny, Egophony, Electrogeny, Embryogeny, Embryogony, Endogeny, Epiphany, Eugeny, Euphony, Felony, Fenny, Finny, Geminy, Geogony, Get-penny, Goldfinny, granny, Gyronny, Haemony, Hap'penny, hegemony, Hemicrany, Heterogeny, Heterogony, Heterophony, Hexagony, Histogeny, Hominy, homogeny, Homogony, homophony, Hymenogeny, Ideogeny, Incony, Ingeny, Inharmony, Isostemony, Johnny, larceny, Laryngophony, Lickpenny, litany, luny, mahogany, Mateotechny, matrimony, misogyny, Mnemotechny, Monembryony, Monogeny, monogyny, monotony, Morphogeny, Mullagatawny, Mulligatawny, Nanny, Ninny, Nonny, Nymphomany, Obdiplostemony, Odontogeny, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Organogeny, Organy, Oriskany, Orthophony, Outzany, Oxyphony, Parsimony, Parthenogeny, Pathogeny, Patrimony, Patrociny, Peony, Philogyny, Photogeny, Photophony, Physiogeny, Physiogony, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pneumony, Polony, Polychoerany, Polyembryony, Polygony, Polygyny, Polyphony, Predestiny, Prestimony, Progeny, Prytany, Puisny, Pyrotechny, Querimony, Quiddany, Radiophony, Ranny, Raphany, Romany, sanctimony, Sanny, Satanophany, Saxony, scammony, Scranny, Scrapepenny, scrawny, shanny, simony, sixpenny, skinny, Sny, Sporogony, Stramony, Strany, Subitany, Subterrany, Surdiny, Swanny, Sweeny, symphony, synchrony, Syntony, Tautophony, tawny, Telegony, telephony, Teratogeny, Theogony, theophany, Third-penny, threepenny, Thunny, Thymiatechny, Tiffany, tinny, tiny, Tony, True-penny, tunny, Twelvepenny, twopenny, Tympany, Tyny, tyranny, uncanny, Vadimony, Vilany, Vinny, Zebrinny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tetany

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-n-t-t-y"

-1 letter: natty, netty, tenty, yenta.

-2 letters: ante, etna, neat, nett, tate, teat, tent, tyne, yean, yett.

-3 letters: ane, ant, any, ate, att, aye, eat, eta, nae, nay, net, tae, tan, tat, tea, ten, tet, tye, yea, yen, yet.

-4 letters: ae, an, at, ay, en, et, na, ne, ta, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-n-t-t-y"
 

+2 letters: antetype, antitype, attorney, entreaty, latently, patently, tenacity, tenantry.

 

+3 letters: antetypes, antitypes, attorneys, certainty, intestacy, maternity, mentality, paternity, patiently, ternately, wyandotte, yattering.

 

+4 letters: bayonetted, centrality, ethylating, exultantly, fraternity, hesitantly, interparty, intimately, negativity, nematocyst, neutrality, petulantly, quaternity, slatternly, stationery, synthetase, tenability, tolerantly, tryptamine, tympanites, wyandottes.

 

+5 letters: abstinently, acetylating, acetylation, actinometry, advertently, alternately, amethystine, antenatally, antianxiety, anticruelty, antiobesity, antipoverty, antipyretic, attentively, bayonetting, contrariety, countryseat, enteropathy, ethnobotany, eventuality, expectantly, extenuatory, externality, festinately, flatulently, fortunately, impatiently, insatiately, integrality, internality, intricately, itinerantly, methylating, methylation, negotiatory, nematocysts, obstinately, pertinacity, petitionary, potentially, reluctantly, rentability, repentantly, resultantly, retinopathy, spontaneity, statesmanly, synthetases, tapestrying, tautonymies, tentatively, tetanically, tetrahymena, thiocyanate, tonetically, transiently, travestying, trenchantly, tryptamines, tryptophane, typecasting, uncertainty, unutterably, ventilatory.

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Alternative Orthography: Tetany


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 74 61 6E 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01110100 01100001 01101110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0074 0061 006E 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

547186678091

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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