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noun
The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
History
Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).
