apyretic tetanus

1. 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

   Synonymstetanytetanillaintermittent tetanusintermittent cramp

   Broadersyndrome

Questions about apyretic tetanus

What does apyretic tetanus mean?

apyretic tetanus means "clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis".

What is another word for apyretic tetanus?

Close synonyms include tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apyretic tetanus a common word?

apyretic tetanus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.