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Definition: Trismus |
TrismusNoun1. Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Trismus \Tris"mus\, noun. [New Latin expression, form Greek gnashing of the teeth.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Spasmodic contraction of the masseter muscle resulting in forceful jaw closure. This may be seen with a variety of diseases, including tetanus, as a complication of radiation therapy, trauma, or in association with neoplastic conditions. (references) |
Medicine | Inability to open the mouth due to tonic contracture of the muscles of the jaw. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Trismus |
| English words defined with "trismus": Entasia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Trismus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (trismus), Dutch (trismus), German (trismus). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fibrosis of the muscles of mastication and the temporomandibular joint, while uncommon, may result in trismus. (references) | |
In general, the principles in the preventive and active treatment of xerostomia, dental caries, and trismus in adults appear to be applicable to children. (references) | ||
Chronic problems involving target tissues are impaired growth and development of hard and soft tissues, which may result in orofacial asymmetry, xerostomia, dental caries, trismus, and a wide variety of dental abnormalities. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trismus | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "trismus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | trismus (gnathospasm, lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | trismus (lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | trismus (m), trismus. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Trismus (gnathospasm, lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | trisma (lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 牙関緊急 (lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がか"き"きゅう (lockjaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ismustray trismo (lock-jaw). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trismus": trismuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "trismus" (pronounced 'Tris"mus'): Accismus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Momus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, Thymus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sistrum, truisms. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: strums, truism, tsuris. | |
-2 letters: mists, musts, risus, rusts, situs, smuts, stirs, strum, stums, suits, trims, truss. | |
-3 letters: isms, mirs, miss, mist, muss, must, muts, rims, rums, rust, ruts, sims, sirs, sits, smit, smut, sris, stir, stum, suit, sums, trim, tuis. | |
-4 letters: ism, its, mir, mis, mus, mut, rim, rum, rut, sim, sir, sis, sit. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: brutisms, mistrust, sistrums, tourisms. | |
+2 letters: altruisms, diestrums, futurisms, hirsutism, humorists, misroutes, misstruck, mistrusts, mistruths, mistutors, moistures, muralists, naturisms, resubmits, saturnism, tiramisus, trismuses, ultraisms. | |
+3 letters: antiserums, costumiers, drumsticks, fremituses, hirsutisms, impostures, mistrusted, moisturise, musketries, mysterious, ritualisms, saturnisms, sestertium, simulators, squirmiest, strabismus, strontiums, summeriest, summiteers, summitries, terminuses. | |
+4 letters: amateurisms, consortiums, consumerist, costumeries, customizers, ecotourisms, euhemerists, hucksterism, instruments, manicurists, manuscripts, marquisates, microbursts, misconstrue, misfortunes, mistrustful, mistrusting, moisturised, moisturises, moisturizes, nasturtiums, naturalisms, neutralisms, ostensorium, outpromises, puritanisms, quizmasters, resumptions, rheumatisms, rumbustious, sanatoriums, sanitariums, sanitoriums, scrumptious, stimulators, stramoniums, subminister, subprimates, sudatoriums, summertimes, suppertimes, supremacist, suprematism, suprematist, traumatises, traumatisms, tristimulus, ureotelisms. | |
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