noun
definition
A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
Examples of lockjaw in a Sentence
The second tetanus type is traumatic tetanus, which is also referred to in England as " lockjaw " .
Tetanus (sometimes called lockjaw) is a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system.
The time when I thought my gum was swelling up and I had lockjaw was totally different.
The second tetanus type is traumatic tetanus, which is also referred to in England as " lockjaw ".
In strychnine poisoning trismus or lockjaw is generally secondary to spasm of the other muscles, while in tetanus it is usually the first symptom, no relaxation taking place between the spasms.
They appear to catch what is called the "boat-cold" caused by the arrival of strange boats, and at one time the children suffered severely from a form of lockjaw known as the "eight days' sickness."
Tetanus, sometimes called lockjaw, is a disease caused by the toxin of Clostridium tetani.
The first sign of tetanus is a tightening of the jaw muscles that gives the disease its common name, lockjaw.
Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious disease of the nervous system that can cause uncontrolled muscle spasms and death.
In the first place, the intuition of causality does not require will at all, because we often perceive one bodily member pressing another involuntarily; a man suffering from lockjaw neither wills nor can avoid feeling the pressure of his upper and lower jaws against one another.