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Pseudotetany

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pseudotetanusnounA group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus.
tetanospasmnounA tetanic spasm.
orthotonosnounmuscular 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.
hypotonusnounhypotonia
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
pseudoblepsianounpseudoblepsis
opisthotonusnounAlternative 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.
pseudosynesthesianounA condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.

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