lockjaw

English

Etymology

From lock +‎ jaw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)

1. (pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

   Synonyms: trismus, tetanus

Translations

disease

• Bulgarian: тетанус m (tetanus)
• Burmese: မေးခိုင်ရောဂါ (my) (me:hkuing-rau:ga)
• Catalan: trisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙關緊閉症 / 牙关紧闭症 (yáguān jǐnbì zhèng)

• Czech: tetanus m
• Finnish: jäykkäkouristus (fi), tetanus
• French: trisme (fr) m, trismus (fr) m
• German: Tetanus (de) m, Wundstarrkrampf (de) m
• Hungarian: szájzár (hu)
• Ido: trismo (io)
• Irish: glas fiacla m
• Latin: trismus m
• Polish: tężec (pl) m
• Portuguese: trismo m, tétano (pt) m
• Russian: столбня́к (ru) m (stolbnják)
• Spanish: trismo m
• Swedish: stelkramp (sv)
• Welsh: genglo m, gengload m