trismus

Meaning

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

Synonyms

gnathospasmus

lock-jaw

Translations

trismus

Trismo

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Trismus

trismus

trisme

Etymology

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

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