lockjaw in English

noun

form of tetanus in which the jaws lock together, trismus (Pathology)

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1. This is why the disease came to be called lockjaw .

2. A shot of tetanus toxoid every ten years or so is considered a good idea as a preventive against lockjaw.

3. Severe poisoning patients may appear disturbance of consciousness conditions varying from deep coma to cerebral cortex failure. Clinical manifestations may be lockjaw, entasia and incontinence.

4. The use of dung in this way, rather than bringing relief, could result in a variety of serious infections, including tetanus or lockjaw.

5. Upon witnessing an uprising caused by Maximus, Crystal refused to bow down to the new King and instead escaped to Earth with Lockjaw in order to find the rest of the Inhuman Royal Family

6. (surprisingly, ` claim 'is the verb; quit = ` quits' or ` even '), bobtail and Bangtail (bob and bang = ` crop,' and these are just bobbed examples of humdrum past participle formations), and lockjaw (not conclusively eliminated, but ` locked jaw 'is given as an alternative form).