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INTERMITTENT CRAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intermittent cramp mean?
• INTERMITTENT CRAMP (noun)
The noun INTERMITTENT CRAMP has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: INTERMITTENT CRAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
apyretic tetanus; intermittent cramp; intermittent tetanus; tetanilla; tetany
Hypernyms ("intermittent cramp" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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