trismus

How to use trismus in a sentence

• The symptoms of poisoning by this species are spasms, similar to those of trismus, and agonizing general pains.

  Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams

• trismus, tris′mus, n. tetanic spasm of the muscles of mastication, lockjaw.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

• For traumatic trismus, use the B D current, of vigorous force.

  A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication | Daniel Clark

• The doctor goes into an explanation, which lasts a quarter of an hour, of the trismus, employing the most scientific terms.

  The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de Balzac

• In a few cases epileptic attacks and trismus have been observed.

  Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth