| Is the likelihood of my coming down with lockjaw or diphtheria high enough to warrant a vaccination? |
| Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious but preventable disease that affects the body's muscles and nerves. |
| 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. |
| Symptoms of the infection include muscle rigidity and spasms, particularly of the face and jaw, hence its common name lockjaw. |
| 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. |
