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tetany
Involuntary muscle contractions, with excessive muscular irritability due to lack of ionic calcium in the blood and tissues. True hypocalcemia may be due to parathyroid gland insufficiency or pancreatitis, while alkalosis (e.g., from over-breathing) may transiently reduce ionization of calcium compounds.
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