| Tetanus often begins with mild spasms in the jaw muscles-also known as lockjaw or trismus. |
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| It's a terrible and often fatal disease starting with muscle spasms in the jaw and face, called lockjaw, then spreading. |
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| Thoreau maintained a close relationship with his brother up until the latter's death of lockjaw following a freak accident. |
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| Our once yawning current account deficit is now coming to resemble lockjaw. |
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| With his lockjaw voice and nose for journalistic stunts, George was a WASP daredevil. |
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| A hint of Long Island lockjaw crept into her voice, which I knew happened only in times of extreme stress. |
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| Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious but preventable disease that affects the body's muscles and nerves. |
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| Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a disease with uncontrolled muscle spasms caused by a bacterium in a local wound. |
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| Symptoms of the infection include muscle rigidity and spasms, particularly of the face and jaw, hence its common name lockjaw. |
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| An antitetanus serum introduced at the turn of the century greatly reduced the incidence of wounded men succumbing to lockjaw. |
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| Is the likelihood of my coming down with lockjaw or diphtheria high enough to warrant a vaccination? |
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| Even though he was raised in working-class 'burbs, he acquired a hint of Main Line lockjaw. |
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| Of course that first thing that sprang to mind was lockjaw, but I've not been hammering any rusty nails recently, so it's unlikely. |
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| Cephalic tetanus, the least common, causes muscle spasms in the face, leading to a classic case of lockjaw. |
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| He was a prominent figure in New York's social scene, with his lockjaw accent, unfailing good humor, and boundless enthusiasm for new experiences. |
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| Horses are especially susceptible to tetanus or lockjaw but can be given two-year protection through the use of a commonly accepted toxoid. |
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| It causes muscle spasms and paralysis, especially in the jaw area, which is why it's also called lockjaw. |
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| The victim refused to have his fingers amputated although he was given medical advice that failure to do so would result in lockjaw and his death. |
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| You see, tetanus bacteria cause the muscles to spasm, and if tetanus attacks the jaw it causes lockjaw, which is the inability to open and close your mouth. |
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| Older adults will easily recall the vigour with which every childhood scrape was disinfected to protect against lockjaw and memories of family or friends paralyzed by polio and summers spent in fear. |
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| Like so many of her statements it's gloriously quotable, the more so because it is delivered in the sort of Upper Crust American accent, all elongated vowels and lockjaw, that has long since dropped out of use. |
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| Lockjaw is an inch away on Tyler P's tetanus-fraught pivot fakie. |
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