Crossword-Solution: TETANY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tetany | n. | A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “TETANY”
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| Condition caused by abnormal calcium levels | 1 answer |
| Condition giving muscular pain | 1 answer |
| Intermittent cramp | 1 answer |
| Intermittent cramping condition | 1 answer |
| Parathyroid malady | 1 answer |
| CONDITION MUSCULAR | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EZAMCE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with TETANY (5)
Lastly, in the _tetany_ of children, or that following operations on the thyreoid gland, the spasms are of a jerking character, affect chiefly the hands and fingers, and yield to medicinal treatment.
According to Courtois-Suffit and Giroux, the differential diagnosis is not easy, since, besides tetanus, must be considered tetany, spastic monoplegia of cerebral or spinal origin, partial hemiplegia, peripheral neuritis, contractures due to bone, joint, muscle or tendon lesions, strychnine intoxication and hysterical contractures.
They may be the initial symptom of an acute infectious disease or may occur on slight provocation in a frail, undernourished baby or one suffering from rickets or tetany.
Variations to the alkaline side (Alkalosis) beyond 7.8 are accompanied by symptoms of tetany, although one is not at present justified in assuming that all tetany is either caused, or accompanied, by alkalosis.
The parathyroids should be examined in all cases of tetany, paralysis agitans, acromegaly, epilepsy, infantile atrophy, myotonia and obscure cachexias.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1988–2018).