Medical Definition of Canine spasm

1. The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh + caninus, doglike (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canine Spasm

canine ehrlichiosis
canine eminence
canine fossa
canine hereditary blindness
canine herpesvirus
canine herpetovirus
canine hysteria
canine infectious cyclic thrombocytopenia
canine leishmaniasis
canine malignant lymphoma
canine oral papilloma
canine panosteitis
canine parvovirus 2
canine parvovirus disease
canine prominence
canine spasm (current term)
canine teeth
canine tooth
canine typhus
canineness
canines
caning
canings
caniniform
caninities
caninity
caninophile
caninophiles
caninus muscle

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