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Lockjaw

Lockjaw Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lockjaw? [n] 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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lockjaw: tetanus Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lockjaw: abdominal epilepsy \| access \| acquired epilepsy \| activated epilepsy \| acute articular rheumatism \| affect epilepsy \| African lethargy \| ague \| akinetic epilepsy \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| apoplexy \| arrest \| Asiatic cholera \| attack \| autonomic epilepsy \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| blockage \| breakbone fever \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| cachectic fever \| cardiac epilepsy \| cerebral rheumatism \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| clonic spasm \| clonus \| convulsion \| cortical epilepsy \| cowpox \| cramp \| cursive epilepsy \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| dengue \| dengue fever \| diphtheria \| diurnal epilepsy \| dumdum fever \| dysentery \| eclampsia \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis lethargica \| enteric fever \| epilepsia \| epilepsia gravior \| epilepsia major \| epilepsia minor \| epilepsia mitior \| epilepsia nutans \| epilepsia tarda \| epilepsy \| erysipelas \| falling sickness \| famine fever \| fit \| five-day fever \| flu \| focal epilepsy \| frambesia \| frenzy \| German measles \| glandular fever \| grand mal \| grippe \| hansenosis \| haute mal \| Haverhill fever \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| hysterical epilepsy \| ictus \| infantile paralysis \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| Jacksonian epilepsy \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| larval epilepsy \| laryngeal epilepsy \| laryngospasm \| latent epilepsy \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| matutinal epilepsy \| measles \| meningitis \| menstrual epilepsy \| milzbrand \| mumps \| musicogenic epilepsy \| myoclonous epilepsy \| nocturnal epilepsy \| occlusion \| ornithosis \| osteomyelitis \| paratyphoid fever \| parotitis \| paroxysm \| parrot fever \| pertussis \| petit mal \| physiologic epilepsy \| pneumonia \| polio \| poliomyelitis \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| psittacosis \| psychic epilepsy \| psychomotor epilepsy \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| reflex epilepsy \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| Rolandic epilepsy \| rotatoria \| rubella \| rubeola \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| seizure \| sensory epilepsy \| septic sore throat \| serial epilepsy \| shingles \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| spasm \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| stoppage \| strep throat \| stroke \| swamp fever \| tardy epilepsy \| tetanus \| tetany \| throes \| thromboembolism \| thrombosis \| thrush \| tinea \| tonic epilepsy \| tonic spasm \| torsion spasm \| traumatic epilepsy \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| trismus \| tuberculosis \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| ucinate epilepsy \| undulant fever \| vaccinia \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| viral dysentery \| visitation \| whooping cough \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| infection Lockjaw In Webster's Dictionary \Lock"jaw`\, n. (Med.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Lockjaw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lockjaw?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lockjaw: tetanus

See Also | infection

Lockjaw In Webster's Dictionary

\Lock"jaw`\, n. (Med.)
A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion
is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

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