Lock-jaw


[lok-jaw] /ˈlɒkˌdʒɔ/

noun, Pathology.
1.
tetanus in which the become firmly together; trismus.
/ˈlɒkˌdʒɔː/
noun
1.
(pathol) a nontechnical name for trismus, tetanus
n.

also lockjaw, 1786, earlier locked-jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, from lock (v.) + jaw.

lockjaw lock·jaw (lŏk’jô’)
n.

noun

: McKellen’s Richard, his defects minimized and with a ruling-class lockjaw accent, is elegantly carved in ice (1980s+)

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