lockjaw

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
27
Letters
7

Definition of lockjaw

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

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Etymology

From lock + jaw.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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