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11Miquelet Lock — A: Cock or hammer. B: Combination frizzen (steel) and powder pan cover. C: Bridle covering frizzen spring. D: Mainspring. E: Bridle supporting the cock. F: Heel of the cock. G: Poinçon or puzón. H: Full cock or primary sear. I: Half cock or… …
12Open-jaw ticket — An open jaw ticket is an airline ticket in which a traveler returns to the airline from a city other than the one in which they arrived, or in which the final destination is not the same as the original departure city. The trip between these two… …
13lip-lock — an aggressive behavior seen when two fish face each other and grab each other s mouth. Lasts for seconds or minutes and is used as a test of strength and willingness to hold position, e.g. in territorial cichlids to assert boundaries, in… …
14tetanus — (= lock jaw) Disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani, spores of which persist in soil, but can proliferate anaerobically in an infected wound. Disease entirely due to the tetanus toxin, released by bacterial autolysis …
15lockjaw — lock|jaw [ˈlɔkdʒo: US ˈla:kdʒo:] n [U] informal ↑tetanus …
16lockjaw — lock|jaw [ lakjɔ ] noun uncount the disease TETANUS …
17lockjaw — lock•jaw [[t]ˈlɒkˌdʒɔ[/t]] n. pat tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus • Etymology: 1795–1805 …
18lockjaw — SYN: trismus. * * * lock·jaw läk .jȯ n an early symptom of tetanus characterized by spasm of the jaw muscles and inability to open the jaws also TETANUS (1a) * * * n. see tetanus * * * lock·jaw (lokґjaw) trismus …
19trismus — Persistent contraction of the masseter muscles due to failure of central inhibition; often the initial manifestation of generalized tetanus. SYN: Ankylostoma (2), lock jaw, lockjaw. [L. fr. G. trismos, a creaking, rasping] t. capistratus… …
20trismus — n. [L.] (Med.) Locked jaw, lock jaw, tetanus (of the jaw) …
