Medical Definition of Spasmus caninus

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 Spasmus Caninus

spasmogen
spasmogenic
spasmology
spasmolygmus
spasmolysis
spasmolysis
spasmolytic
spasmolytic
spasmolytics
spasmoneme
spasmophilia
spasmophilic
spasmophilic diathesis
spasms
spasmus
spasmus caninus (current term)
spasmus coordinatus
spasmus glottidis
spasmus nictitans
spasmus nutans
spasm of accommodation
Spassky
spastic
spastic
spastically
spasticities
spasticity
spasticity
spastics
spastic abasia

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