intermittent cramp

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intermittent cramp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intermittent cramp
      n 1: clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular
           twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated
           with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D
           deficiency or alkalosis [syn: tetany, tetanilla,
           intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus
           ]