trismus

Borrowed from New Latin trismus, from Ancient Greek τρισμός (trismós, “a grinding, rasping, scream”), from Ancient Greek τρίζω (trízō).

trismus (uncountable)

1. The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease.

• lockjaw

• trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome

• sistrum, truisms

Borrowed from French trismus.

trismus n (plural trismusuri)

1. trismus