Term: tetany: clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
Candidate hypernym: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: math teacher: someone who teaches mathematics → 0
Candidate hypernym: cab: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood → 0
Candidate hypernym: fandango: a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets → 0
Candidate hypernym: crew cut: a closely cropped haircut; usually for men → 0
Candidate hypernym: morsel: a small quantity of anything → 0
Candidate hypernym: fluke: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor → 0
Candidate hypernym: country doctor: a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital → 0
Candidate hypernym: grey whale: medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific → 0
Candidate hypernym: rock pink: pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: antherozoid: a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm → 0