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lockjaw

noun

1 lockjaw

An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages.

synonym: tetanus.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: kaakklem, kaakkramp, klem, mondklem, stijfkramp, tetanus, wondkramp
Polish: tężec


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute articular rheumatism, affect epilepsy, ague, akinetic epilepsy, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, apoplexy ... show more.

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