trismus
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a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
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Origin of trismus
1685–95; < New Latin < Greek trismós a grinding
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The tetanus consists of a fixed spasm of almost all the muscles of the body; but the trismus, or locked jaw, is the most frequent disease of this kind.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
He adds that the trismus may be thus converted into 'Bi-trismus.'
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
The peculiar effects of a tapeworm are exaggerated appetite and thirst, nausea, headaches, vertigo, ocular symptoms, cardiac palpitation, and Mursinna has even observed a case of trismus, or lockjaw, due to taenia solium.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
It is recommended in the above mentioned doses for delirium tremens, trismus, tetanus and kindred diseases of the nervous system, repeated every hour or half-hour until relief is obtained.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
For traumatic trismus, use the B D current, of vigorous force.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel
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