trismus
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He rapidly developed blindness, trismus, difficulty in swallowing, and shortly lost consciousness.
From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes
He adds that the trismus may be thus converted into 'Bi-trismus.'
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
This is substantially the same thing as trismus, except that it extends to other parts, and often to nearly all the muscles of the organism.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel
The tetanus consists of a fixed spasm of almost all the muscles of the body; but the trismus, or locked jaw, is the most frequent disease of this kind.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
He also reports cases in which trismus and spasm of the glottis have been present.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
