Trismus (Crossword clue)

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Definitions of “Trismus”
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• Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
• The medical term for lockjaw
• Motor disturbance of the trigeminal nerve
• Lockjaw, caused by spasm of the chewing muscles
• Trismus: Inability to open the mouth fully
• (triz´mәs) motor disturbance of the trigeminal nerve
• Inability to open the mouth due to chronic contractions of the muscles of the jaw
• Persistent contraction of the masseter muscles due to failure of central inhibition
• Strictly speaking this is the inability to open the mouth because of spasm of the chewing muscles
• Restricted ability to open the mouth, usually due to inflammation or fibrosis of the muscles of mastication

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