Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Affecting both the hands (or wrists) and the feet.
  • Laryngismus stridulus.
  • See laryngismus.

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  • Convulsions, laryngismus stridulus, tetany, or carpopedal spasm are all frequently met with.

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