lockjaw

English

Etymology

lock +‎ jaw

Noun

lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)

1. (pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

Synonyms

• trismus, tetanus

Translations

disease

• Burmese: မေးခိုင်ရောဂါ (my) (me:hkuing-rau:ga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙關緊閉症／牙关紧闭症, 牙关紧闭症 (yáguān jǐnbì zhèng)

• Czech: tetanus m
• Finnish: jäykkäkouristus (fi), tetanus
• German: Tetanus (de) m, Wundstarrkrampf (de) m
• Hungarian: szájzár (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: glas fiacla m
• Polish: tężec (pl) m
• Portuguese: trismo m
• Russian: столбня́к (ru) m (stolbnják)
• Spanish: trismo m
• Swedish: stelkramp
• Welsh: genglo m, gengload m

See also

• lockjaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia