💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pseudotetany"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pseudotetanusnoun | A group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus. |
| tetanospasmnoun | A tetanic spasm. |
| orthotonosnoun | muscular rigidity associated with tetanus |
| tetanizationnoun | (physiology) The production or condition of tetanus. |
| entasianoun | (medicine) tonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus |
| tetanynoun | (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. |
| pseudomyotonianoun | (pathology) An abnormally slow contraction and relaxation of muscles in response to mechanical or electrical stimulation but, unlike myotonia, it is silent on electromyography. |
| pseudostatusnoun | (medicine, informal) Ellipsis of pseudostatus epilepticus. [(medicine) An episode of prolonged seizure which presents similarly to status epilepticus, but is of nonepileptic (and often psychogenic) origin.] |
| pseudostatus epilepticusnoun | (medicine) An episode of prolonged seizure which presents similarly to status epilepticus, but is of nonepileptic (and often psychogenic) origin. |
| pseudolockingnoun | (medicine) The situation where a person has difficulty flexing or extending a joint, as though it were locked in place, but without any structural cause. |
| hypotonusnoun | hypotonia |
| pseudopseudoseizurenoun | (medicine) An epileptic seizure manifesting in a manner that makes it prone to be misdiagnosed as a psychogenic nonepileptic seizure. |
| tetanusnoun | (pathology, usually uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals. |
| tetanismnoun | (medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants. |
| opisthotonosnoun | (medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases. |
| catatonusnoun | (medicine) catatonia; rigidity of the body |
| pseudoblepsianoun | pseudoblepsis |
| opisthotonusnoun | Alternative form of opisthotonos. [(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.] |
| pseudotabesnoun | (medicine, dated) A syndrome with the characteristics of tabes (especially tabes dorsalis) that is not caused by syphilis. |
| pseudosynesthesianoun | A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia. |
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