lockjaw
Kelime Anlamı :

1. tetanus.
2. kazıklıhumma.
3. tetanos.
4. Klinikte Nicolailer basilinin yaptığı adalelerde kasılmalarla beliren toksik hastalık (... Temel belirtileri ateş, risus sardonicus ve opistotonus'dur).
5. Tetanos, kazıklı humma.
6. i., k.dili. tetanos, kazıklıhumma.
7. Fizyolojide birbiri peşi sıra gelen uyartıların adelede meydana getirdiği kasılma.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
tetanus, trismus
Tanımlar :
1. see tetanus.
2. an early sign of tetanus, in which the jaw is locked closed because of a tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication. also called trismus.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. it causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus; trismus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in pathology, tetanus; trismus. see tetanus.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an 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
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