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单词 tetany
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Definition of tetany in English:

tetany

noun ˈtɛt(ə)niˈtɛt(ə)ni
mass noun
  • A condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms, caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium.

    (由甲状旁腺功能失调而致缺钙引起的)手足搐搦

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The patient may experience nausea, vomiting, hyperventilation, and hypocalcemia with muscle tetany and seizures.
    • Larger doses of fluoride can cause life-threatening hypocalcemia with convulsions, tetany, decreased myocardial contractility, ventricular arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest.
    • Five days later she developed tetany and hypocalcaemia.
    • For the spring calvers the best protection is to wean but in the meantime they need to get a magnesium supplement and it should be continued for at least a week after weaning as the stress of weaning can pre-dispose cows to tetany.
    • This is because people who suffer Panic Disorder, when they experience tetany for the first time, often think incorrectly that they are about to die.
    • Clinical symptoms are related to hypokalemia and hypertension, and may include weakness, paresthesias, cramps, tetany, fatigue, headache, and visual disturbances.
    • Other complications include colic, founder, diarrhea, choke, abortion and transit tetany.
    • Other manifestations of the disease include osteopenic bone disease, infertility, tetany, ataxia and neurologic disorders.
    • Taking an example in practical terms, a cow down with tetany would be dead before a bottle of magnesium could be prescribed and administered.
    • Short of full-blown tetany, in medical conditions with a low blood calcium the motor axons in the peripheral nerves may show an increased sensitivity to mechanical stimulation.
    • After surgery, the patient developed tetany and generalized paresthesias requiring large amounts of intravenous calcium and oral vitamin D.
    • One explanation of the apparent high death rate from infant tetanus was that it was mistaken for tetany, which causes convulsions and has been traced to a deficiency of calcium and other vital minerals during pregnancy.
    • Acute neonatal hypocalcaemia results in tetany and convulsions, usually at 5 to 14 days of age.
    • The differential diagnosis of tracheomalacia includes laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis, congenital cysts, vocal cord paralysis, and hypocalcemic tetany.
    • A student nurse ordinarily in excellent health starts having menstrual cramps and hyperventilates producing all the symptoms listed above, even to the point of tetany.
    • Suckler cows with calves will also benefit from early turnout provided the fields are sheltered and dry and you take steps to prevent tetany.
    • This manifests symptomatically with episodes of severe muscular weakness or paralysis, tetany and postural hypotension.
    • Stress of any kind can be a major trigger for spring or autumn tetany.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French tétanie, from Latin tetanus (see tetanus).

Definition of tetany in US English:

tetany

nounˈtɛt(ə)niˈtet(ə)nē
  • A condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms, caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium.

    (由甲状旁腺功能失调而致缺钙引起的)手足搐搦

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is because people who suffer Panic Disorder, when they experience tetany for the first time, often think incorrectly that they are about to die.
    • Suckler cows with calves will also benefit from early turnout provided the fields are sheltered and dry and you take steps to prevent tetany.
    • Acute neonatal hypocalcaemia results in tetany and convulsions, usually at 5 to 14 days of age.
    • Stress of any kind can be a major trigger for spring or autumn tetany.
    • A student nurse ordinarily in excellent health starts having menstrual cramps and hyperventilates producing all the symptoms listed above, even to the point of tetany.
    • Taking an example in practical terms, a cow down with tetany would be dead before a bottle of magnesium could be prescribed and administered.
    • Larger doses of fluoride can cause life-threatening hypocalcemia with convulsions, tetany, decreased myocardial contractility, ventricular arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest.
    • The patient may experience nausea, vomiting, hyperventilation, and hypocalcemia with muscle tetany and seizures.
    • Clinical symptoms are related to hypokalemia and hypertension, and may include weakness, paresthesias, cramps, tetany, fatigue, headache, and visual disturbances.
    • Other complications include colic, founder, diarrhea, choke, abortion and transit tetany.
    • Short of full-blown tetany, in medical conditions with a low blood calcium the motor axons in the peripheral nerves may show an increased sensitivity to mechanical stimulation.
    • Other manifestations of the disease include osteopenic bone disease, infertility, tetany, ataxia and neurologic disorders.
    • For the spring calvers the best protection is to wean but in the meantime they need to get a magnesium supplement and it should be continued for at least a week after weaning as the stress of weaning can pre-dispose cows to tetany.
    • Five days later she developed tetany and hypocalcaemia.
    • This manifests symptomatically with episodes of severe muscular weakness or paralysis, tetany and postural hypotension.
    • One explanation of the apparent high death rate from infant tetanus was that it was mistaken for tetany, which causes convulsions and has been traced to a deficiency of calcium and other vital minerals during pregnancy.
    • After surgery, the patient developed tetany and generalized paresthesias requiring large amounts of intravenous calcium and oral vitamin D.
    • The differential diagnosis of tracheomalacia includes laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis, congenital cysts, vocal cord paralysis, and hypocalcemic tetany.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French tétanie, from Latin tetanus (see tetanus).

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