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‖ trismus Path.|ˈtrɪzməs|
[mod.L., ad. Gr. τρισµός = τριγµός a scream, also a grinding, rasping.]
Tetanus or tonic spasm of the muscles of the neck and lower jaw, causing the jaw to close rigidly; lock-jaw. (Rarely extended to tetanus in general.)
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Trismus, the grinding of the Teeth, or a Convulsion of a Muscle of the Temples, whereby the Teeth gnash whether one will or no. 1704in J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. 1806 Med. Jrnl. XV. 44 This man had a slight cut in the palm of one of his hands..which was healed several days prior to his seizure with trismus. 1897Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 77 There is trismus of the hands and feet. |