Difference between Tetany and Tetanus

What is the difference between Tetany and Tetanus?

Tetany as a noun is a condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism while Tetanus as a noun is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

Tetany

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism

Tetanus

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.

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