Meanings
plural lockjaws
- uncountableusuallymedicineA spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian тетанус
- тетанус (tetanus)disease
Catalan trisme
- trismedisease
Chinese Mandarin 牙關緊閉症 /牙关紧闭症
- 牙關緊閉症 /牙关紧闭症 (yáguān jǐnbì zhèng)disease
Czech tetanus
- tetanusdisease
Finnish jäykkäkouristus, tetanus
- jäykkäkouristusdisease
- tetanusdisease
French trisme, trismus
- trismedisease
- trismusdisease
German Tetanus, Wundstarrkrampf
- Tetanusdisease
- Wundstarrkrampfdisease
Hungarian szájzár
- szájzárdisease
Irish glas fiacla
- glas fiacladisease
Latin trismus
- trismusdisease
Polish tężec
- tężecdisease
Portuguese trismo, tétano
- trismodisease
- tétanodisease
Russian столбня́к
- столбня́к (stolbnják)disease
Spanish trismo, tétanos
- trismodisease
- tétanosdisease
Swedish stelkramp
- stelkrampdisease
Welsh genglo, gengload
- genglodisease
- gengloaddisease
Cite this entry
lockjaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjaw
“lockjaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjaw. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lockjaw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjaw.
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