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21latent tetany — tetany elicited by the application of electrical and mechanical stimulation …
22puerperal tetany — tetany in a nursing mother dog or cat as a result of hypocalcemia; small dogs with large litters are particularly susceptible. Called also lactation t. and eclampsia …
23Milk-and-alkali tetany — is a form of tetany cramps of the wrists and hands (carpal spasm) or legs (pedal spasm) caused by an electrolyte imbalance. Sufferers from peptic ulcers often take an alkali such as bicarbonate of soda to relieve the symptoms, and wash it down… …
24Trousseau sign of latent tetany — is a medical sign observed in patients with low calcium. [Kumar, Abbas, Fausto. Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005. 1188.] This sign may become positive before other gross manifestations of… …
25parathyroid tetany — parathyroprival tetany tetany due to removal of the parathyroids …
26grass tetany — n a disease of cattle and esp. milk cows marked by tetanic staggering, convulsions, coma, and frequently death and caused by reduction of blood calcium and magnesium when overeating on lush pasture called also hypomagnesia compare MILK FEVER (2) …
27lactation tetany — n MILK FEVER (1) * * * 1. an often fatal condition seen in cows and sheep in the first few weeks after lactation has begun, when they are turned out into lush pastures, due to deficiency of magnesium in the diet. Symptoms include muscular spasms… …
28hypomagnesemic tetany — lactation t. 2. hypomagnesemia in calves fed only milk (which lacks magnesium); it is often fatal, with symptoms like those of lactation tetany in cows …
29transit tetany — transport tetany a condition sometimes seen in livestock shipped for long distances, especially well fed cows and ewes in advanced pregnancy or lactating mares; it may result in paralysis, unconsciousness, and death unless treatment is begun… …
30Тетания (Tetany) — спазм и судорожные подергивания мышц, особенно мышц лица, кистей и стоп. Причиной развития тетании является уменьшение содержания ионов кальция в крови, которое может быть связано с недостаточной активностью паращитовидных желез, наличием рахита… …
