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Definition of Trismus
1. Noun. Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.
Definition of Trismus
1. n. The lockjaw.
Definition of Trismus
1. Noun. The inability to normally open the mouth, such as a result of disease. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trismus
1. lockjaw [n -ES] : TRISMIC [adj] - See also: lockjaw
Medical Definition of Trismus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trismus
Literary usage of Trismus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The remarkable character of the post-mortem findings should stimulate pathological
studies in simple adiposis. DIPHTHERIA WITH PERSISTENT trismus AND ..."
2. Oral Abscesses by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1916)
"(Marked pharyngitis and CASE slight trismus.) The patient, a young man, ...
(Mandibular trismus.) The patient, aSe(l 24> suffered from pain in the ..."
3. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"trismus UTERI. Numerous states of the cervix may be responsible for its failure to
... trismus Uteri.—Dystocia of functional origin is due principally to a ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836)
"Observations on trismus Nascentium. By ROBERT COLLINS, MD, late Master of the
Dublin Lying-in ... With respect to the treatment of trismus nascentium I ..."
5. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, George Frederic Still (1905)
"Tetanus: trismus Neonatorum.—Tetanus is but rarely seen in children. ...
The inability to take the breast, owing to the trismus, may be the first symptom ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1819)
"... on the trismus Nascentium, strongly attracted my attention, as well as that
of some of the practitioners who had preceded me in the Lying-in hospital. ..."
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