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TRISMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trismus mean?
• TRISMUS (noun)
The noun TRISMUS has 1 sense:
1. prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
Familiarity information: TRISMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("trismus" is a kind of...):
cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)
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