lock-jaw
1lock-jaw — also lockjaw, 1786, earlier locked jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, from LOCK (Cf. lock) (v.) + JAW (Cf. jaw) …
2lock|jaw — «LOK J», noun. 1. a form of tetanus in which the jaws become firmly closed. 2. = tetanus. (Cf. ↑tetanus) …
3lock-jaw — n. See locked jaw …
4LOCK-JAW — See TETANUS …
5lock·jaw — /ˈlɑːkˌʤɑː/ noun [noncount] informal : ↑tetanus …
6lock-jaw — …
7jaw — noun 1 bone that contains teeth ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, lower ▪ top, upper ▪ firm, strong ▪ clenched …
8Jaw — The bones below the mouth (the mandible) and the bone above the mouth just above the mouth (the maxilla). The word jaw came from the Anglo Saxon ceowan meaning to chew. * * * 1. One of the two bony structures, in which the teeth are set, forming… …
9lock — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fastening device ADJECTIVE ▪ combination, cylinder, deadbolt (esp. AmE), mortise, Yale™ (BrE) ▪ The hotels replaced their mortise locks on guest rooms with magnetic card readers …
10locked-jaw — n.; (also lock jaw) Trismus, tetanus (of the jaw) …
