See Also: phosphate tetany(medicine)
UDP-GlcNAc-undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-phosphate transferase(medicine)
UDPacetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase(medicine)
Aralen phosphate with primaquine phosphate(health)
Tetany(medicine)
Tetany(health)
tetany(dictionary)
rheumatic tetany(medicine)
parathyroprival tetany(medicine)
Parathyroid tetany(medicine)

infamous (iou) and phosphate tetany (medicine)


infamous (iou)



infamous adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin infamosus for Latin infamis: see INFAMY, -OUS.]
Of ill fame or repute; notorious, esp. for wickedness, evil, etc. LME.
C. Thirlwall He appears to have been more infamous for sacrilege than for bloodshed. C. Francis The vessels packed with Irish emigrants were infamous for overcrowding, disease and frequency of shipwrecks.
Deserving of infamy, shamefully wicked or vile; abominable. L15.
H. Maundrell Detest the very ground on which was acted such an infamous Treachery.
Law (now Hist.). (Of a person) deprived of all or certain citizen's rights as a consequence of conviction for a serious crime such as forgery, perjury, etc.; (of a crime or punishment) involving or entailing such loss of rights. M16.
Special collocations: infamous crime spec. (Law, now Hist.) buggery.
infamously adverb E17.
infamousness noun (rare) M17.

phosphate tetany (medicine)


phosphate tetany
Tetany due to the ingestion of an excess of alkaline phosphates (Na2HPO4 or K2HPO4); most commonly produced experimentally in animals by the injection of alkaline phosphate, which reduces the ionised calcium of the blood.