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lockjaw Definition


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lockjaw
noun
    1. Difficulty in opening the mouth, caused by spasm of the jaw muscles, usually a symptom of tetanus, or associated with hysteria or dental disease.
    2. tetanus itself. Technical equivalent trismus.


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