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teeth grinding

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noun

Pathology.
  1. habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.


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But teeth grinding can also cause chronic pain, which can have a huge impact on your daily life.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Scientists also coaxed DNA from the centuries-old skeletons — drilling small samples of bones and teeth, grinding them up into powder, mixing them into a solution and filtering out everything but the human DNA.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

I couldn’t even ask Lusk about it because, even from my house on Cape Cod, Mass., I could hear his teeth grinding in Indiana.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022

For example, some doctors approve the use of botulinum toxin – the key ingredient in Botox – to ease teeth grinding, jaw clenching and chronic migraines.

From Fox News ● Sep. 6, 2021

It clearly hurt her to walk: he could hear her teeth grinding together.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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