trismus
Meanings
noun
- The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease.
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Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).
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