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TETANILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetanilla mean? 

TETANILLA (noun)
  The noun TETANILLA 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 alkalosisplay

  Familiarity information: TETANILLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TETANILLA (noun)


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 ("tetanilla" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)


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