English Explanatory Dictionary

risus sardonicus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rictus grin; an abnormal sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning, characteristic of tetanus and of strychnine poisoning.

Word forms

risus sardonicus

Etymology

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