risus

risus
Laughter. [laughter]
- r. caninus (ri′sus ka-ni′nus) the semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm, seen especially in tetanus but also in some kinds of poisoning. SYN: canine spasm, r. sardonicus, sardonic grin, trismus sardonicus. [L. r., laugh + caninus, doglike]
- r. sardonicus (sar-don′i-kus) SYN: r. caninus. [L. r., laughter, + sardonicus, fr. G. sardanios, scornful, infl. by sardonios, Sardinian, ref. to effects of Strychnos nux-vomica, poisonous herb fr. Sardinia]

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ri·sus (riґsəs) [L.] laughter.

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