tetany
Kelime Anlamı :
1. aralıklı kas kasılmas.
2. Anormal kalsiyum metabolizmasının sebep olduğu kas spazmı, kramp.
3. Ancak mekanik, elektrik ve kimyasal vasıtalarla meydana konulabiliyorsa gizli (latent) tetani denir.
4. Santral sinir isteminin değişik sebepler (paratiroid noksanlığı, kan alkalozu v.s gibi) altında ekstabilitesinin artmasından ileri gelen ve ekseriya karşılıklı kas gruplarında tonik, bazan da klonik kramplarla beliren bir hastalıktır. Belirtiler aşikar ise manilfest tetani.
Tanımlar :
1.
an abnormal condition characterized by periodic painful muscular spasms and tremors, caused by faulty calcium metabolism and associated with diminished function of the parathyroid glands.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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A disease characterized by irregularly intermittent tonic spasms of various groups of muscles, more commonly those of the upper extremities, unaccompanied, as a rule, by fever.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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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