spasmophilia
[ spaz-muh-fil-ee-uh ]
nounPathology.
a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
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These infants show also a morbid tendency to convulsions—spasmophilia.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyIt is in keeping with this that clinically we note how frequently spasmophilia and rickets occur in the same child.
The Nervous Child | Hector Charles Cameron
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