trismus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease.

Word forms

trismus

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).

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