Medical Definition of Sardonic grin

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 Sardonic Grin

sardars
sardel
sardelle
sardelles
sardels
sardine
sardine oil
sardined
sardinelike
sardines
sardining
sardius
sardiuses
sardoin
sardonic
sardonic grin (current term)
sardonically
sardonicism
sardonicisms
sardonyx
sardonyxes
sardoodledom
sards
sared
saree
sarees
sargable

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