trismus; ankylostoma; lockjaw
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Etiology
Pathology
- a firm closing of the jaw due to tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication from disease of the motor branch of cranial nerve 5 (trigeminus)
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 24th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 NEJM Knowledge+ Otolaryngology