| Thoreau maintained a close relationship with his brother up until the latter's death of lockjaw following a freak accident. |
| Tetanus often begins with mild spasms in the jaw muscles-also known as lockjaw or trismus. |
| Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a disease with uncontrolled muscle spasms caused by a bacterium in a local wound. |
| An antitetanus serum introduced at the turn of the century greatly reduced the incidence of wounded men succumbing to lockjaw. |
| A hint of Long Island lockjaw crept into her voice, which I knew happened only in times of extreme stress. |
| Cephalic tetanus, the least common, causes muscle spasms in the face, leading to a classic case of lockjaw. |
