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trismus

[triz-muhs, tris-] / ˈtrɪz məs, ˈtrɪs- /
NOUN
lockjaw
Synonyms
STRONG


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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 Daniel Clark

He adds that the trismus may be thus converted into 'Bi-trismus.'

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever

The peculiar effects of a tapeworm are exaggerated appetite and thirst, nausea, headaches, vertigo, ocular symptoms, cardiac palpitation, and Mursinna has even observed a case of trismus, or lockjaw, due to taenia solium.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

He rapidly developed blindness, trismus, difficulty in swallowing, and shortly lost consciousness.

From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan

The clonic nature of the spasms and the entire absence of trismus serve to distinguish it from tetanus.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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