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Lockjaw

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From lock + jaw.

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