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trismus
[triz-muhs, tris-]
noun
plural
trismusesa spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
trismus
/ ˈٰɪə /
noun
Nontechnical name: lockjaw.pathol the state or condition of being unable to open the mouth because of sustained contractions of the jaw muscles, caused by a form of tetanus
Other 51Թ Forms
- trismic adjective
- ˈٰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trismus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trismus1
Example Sentences
The woman on July 11 told doctors she had headache, jaw pain and trismus, a symptom that can mean jaw muscle spasms or locking.
He also reports cases in which trismus and spasm of the glottis have been present.
It is recommended in the above mentioned doses for delirium tremens, trismus, tetanus and kindred diseases of the nervous system, repeated every hour or half-hour until relief is obtained.
He rapidly developed blindness, trismus, difficulty in swallowing, and shortly lost consciousness.
He," said he, looking round to the doctor, "calls it 'arachnoidal trismus,'—a thing, he says, that they have all of them ignored for many a day, though Charlemagne died of it.
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