Locked-jaw
1Locked-jaw — n. See {Lockjaw}. [1913 Webster] …
2locked-jaw — Tetanus Tet a*nus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to stretch.] 1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles …
3locked-jaw — n.; (also lock jaw) Trismus, tetanus (of the jaw) …
4locked jaw — variant of lockjaw …
5jaw — noun 1 bone that contains teeth ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, lower ▪ top, upper ▪ firm, strong ▪ clenched …
6lock-jaw — also lockjaw, 1786, earlier locked jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, from LOCK (Cf. lock) (v.) + JAW (Cf. jaw) …
7lock-jaw — n. See locked jaw …
8trismus — n. [L.] (Med.) Locked jaw, lock jaw, tetanus (of the jaw) …
9lickjaw — Tetanus Tet a*nus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to stretch.] 1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles …
10Tetanus — Tet a*nus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to stretch.] 1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the… …
