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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trismus /ˈtrɪzməs/

▶noun Medicine spasm of the jaw muscles, causing the mouth to remain tightly closed, typically as a symptom of tetanus; lockjaw.

– origin C17: from mod. L., from Gk trismos ‘a scream, grinding’.

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