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noun, plural tris·mus·es. Pathology.
1.
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
2.
Origin:
1685–95; < Neo-Latin < Greek trismós a grinding
1685–95; < Neo-Latin < Greek trismós a grinding
Related forms
tris·mic, adjective
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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trismus tris·mus (trĭz'məs)
n.
A firm closing of the jaw due to tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication from disease of the motor branch of the trigeminal nerve. It is usually associated with general tetanus. Also called lockjaw.
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