Trismus
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease. uncountable
- 2 prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).