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Tetany vs Convulsions - What's the difference?

tetany | convulsions |

As nouns the difference between tetany and convulsions

is that tetany is a condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism while convulsions is plural of convulsion.

tetany

English

(wikipedia tetany)

Noun

(tetanies)
  • (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism

    • convulsions

    English

    Noun

    (head)