Experiments on animals, which proved more sensitive to loss of the parathyroids than men were, showed that muscles tightened convulsively, a situation called tetany (tet'uh-nee; "stretch" G).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Human Brain]

Gomnol's body twisted, the spine bowed backward in tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

The complications of tetany and hypoparathyrodism were not understood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emil Theodor Kocher] Reference

Probably because of this he had less problems with postoperative tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emil Theodor Kocher] Reference

Hypocalcemic tetany as an early sign of DiGeorge syndrome in adult woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resources for Healthcare Professionals] Reference

Convulsions, laryngismus stridulus, tetany, or carpopedal spasm are all frequently met with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

Although tetany occurs in all muscles that are stimulated, flexor groups are usually stronger and predominate.    From Wordnik.com.  [July 18, 1871] Reference

Trousseau's sign is the production of tetany by applying firm and prolonged pressure to the brachial nerve in the upper arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

Last time we had a bird, a parakeet, it lived for five or six years and then had a stroke, began having a kind of rolling tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creatures of the Night] Reference

“I could not control it,” he said, “and my back and legs hurt; it was almost like tetany violent muscle spasms and convulsions.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitter Harvest] Reference

His mouth yawned open, his arms pushed before him with his fingers spread wide, his whole body as stiff and hard as though in tetany, and he screamed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martian Way]

Hinery perked his chin over his shoulder toward Horsefield, whose face had frozen into complete tetany as soon as he had shown signs of realizing what was going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cities In Flight]

As tetany progressed and worsened, the animal died, either out of sheer exhaustion or because the muscles that closed its larynx did so in a tight death grip so that, in effect, the animal throttled itself and died of asphyxiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Human Brain]

The spasms increased in severity and duration until the patient's body was hard as wood, arched in an agony that came on and receded, came on again, went off, and at last came on in an endless tetany that could not be relaxed by anything save death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drums of Autumn]

Of this heightened irritability of the nervous system, to which the name "spasmophilia" has been given in America and on the Continent, the most striking symptom is a liability alike to tetany or carpo-pedal spasm, to generalised convulsions, and to laryngismus stridulus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

"Grass tetany incidents tend to increase in soils with higher potassium and nitrogen levels," Lemenager said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

U.S. beef nutrition specialists say beef producers should expand their knowledge about grass tetany and bloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

Hypocalcemic tetany Bony deformities and fractures Stunted growth Mosby items and derived items © 2005, 2001 by Mosby, Inc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Pastures that are a 50-50 mix of legume / grass can help prevent both grass tetany and pasture bloat, Lemenager said. (c) UPI.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

Cutting corners on the mineral fed at this time could lead to reduced milk production, metabolic imbalances, and grass tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [CattleNetwork] Reference

Inc. Definition rachitic tetany infantile tetany rachitic hypocalcemic convulsion characteristic convulsion carpopedal spasms laryngeal stridor Mosby items and derived items ©.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Grass tetany, also known as grass staggers or hypomagnesaemia, is a magnesium deficiency and when animals are deficient in magnesium they become highly excitable, which necessitates increased safety measures when moving them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

Pepere believes that they show signs of exceptional activity during pregnancy, and that parathyroid insufficiency is a main factor in the production of tetany in infants and adults, of eclampsia, and of certain sorts of fits.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 4b. The Parathyroid Glands] Reference

However, its major role is to increase the flow of calcium into the bloodstream by promoting absorption of calcium and phosphorus from food in the intestines, and reabsorption of calcium in the kidneys; it enables normal mineralization of bone and prevents hypocalcemic tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Baltic Times.] Reference

33 Possibly tetany, a condition resembling tetanus.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Life in Letters] Reference

Have you ever heard of tetany?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

AC produces tetany and the locked-on phenomenon.    From Wordnik.com.  [July 18, 1871] Reference

"A severe episode, perhaps following forced exercise, results in severe tremor and tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

Forage containing less than 0.2 percent magnesium, more than 3 percent potassium and more than 4 percent nitrogen are likely to create grass tetany problems. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference

Brachial nerve, pressure causing tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nervous Child] Reference

2001 by Mosby, Inc. Diagnosis symptoms of tetany the combined presence of rickets low serum calcium lever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Beef producers worry about grass tetany.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference