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lockjaw

noun as in nervous system infection

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Every sharp point was covered with rust and threatened lockjaw.

Loeffler did the same thing, in the same year for diphtheria, and Nicolaier for lockjaw; while Kuno produced antipyrene.

Uncle Dan'l was a favorite, too-kind-hearted and dependable, while his occasional lockjaw gave him an unusual distinction.

Captain Hardy stuck a nail in his foot the 6th of July of the next year, and died of the lockjaw on the 15th.

Then the patient complained of a chill, and it was soon discovered that lockjaw had set in.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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