trismus

Signification (Anglais)

The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease.

Concepts

trismus

Synonymes

lockjaw

gnathospasmus

lock-jaw

Traductions

trisma

trismo

trismo

kaakkramp

trisme

tétano

Trismo

Trismus

trismus

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).