lockjaw

English

Etymology

lock +‎ jaw

Noun

lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)

(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

Bulgarian: тетанус m (tetanus)
Burmese: မေးခိုင်ရောဂါ (my) (me:hkuing-rau:ga)
Catalan: trisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牙關緊閉症／牙关紧闭症 (yáguān jǐnbì zhèng)
Czech: tetanus m
Finnish: jäykkäkouristus (fi), tetanus
French: trisme (fr) m, trismus (fr) m
German: Tetanus (de) m, Wundstarrkrampf (de) m
Hungarian: szájzár (hu)
Ido: trismo (io)
Irish: glas fiacla m
Latin: trismus m
Polish: tężec (pl) m
Portuguese: trismo m, tétano (pt) m
Russian: столбня́к (ru) m (stolbnják)
Spanish: trismo m
Swedish: stelkramp (sv)
Welsh: genglo m, gengload m

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