car·po·ped·al spasm .kär-pə-.ped-əl-, -.pēd- n a spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the hands and feet or esp. of the wrists and ankles in disorders such as alkalosis and tetany
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spasm of the hand or foot, or of the thumbs or great toes, seen in tetany.Medical dictionary. 2011.