an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
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Examples of lockjaw
lockjaw
A few bass are still being seen in the shallows but they mostly have lockjaw.
From the sacbee.com
The stormfronts can cause the fish to have lockjaw or go on a feeding fenzy.
From the sacbee.com
Apparently Bush got lockjaw and the industry rolled out the barrel to over $100 a keg.
From the dailynews.com
They gobbled like crazy on the limb, then got lockjaw once they got a glimpse of the hens.
From the al.com
After his toes were amputated, Roebling was diagnosed with tetanus and developed lockjaw.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The crappie bite is decent one day and developed lockjaw the next.
From the inrich.com
The players might suffer a lockout next fall, but they will begin suffering lockjaw this week.
From the kentucky.com
A child died of lockjaw because of a shortage of tetanus serum.
From the time.com
Mud washes downstream to give fish lockjaw for days on end.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Tetanus: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
- Dance Hall Crashers (often abbreviated to "DHC") is a ska punk band from Berkeley, California, that formed in 1989. The band was originally made up from two of the members of seminal ska-punk band Operation Ivy. ...
- Lockjaw were a UK punk band from the 70s.
- Lockjaw is a fictional character and alien bulldog-like being published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #45 (December 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
- A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation
- (lockjawed) Rigidly humourless
- To dream that you have lockjaw, signifies there is trouble ahead for you, as some person is going to betray your confidence. For a woman to see others with lockjaw, foretells her friends will unconsciously detract from her happiness by assigning her unpleasant tasks. ...
- Condition afflicting golfers who refuse to concede putts, even very short ones.
- A surgical procedure, now outlawed in most US states, whereby a husband had the right to have a locking mechanism installed on his wife's jaw (it was claimed to be sanctioned by the Bible). This enabled him to be able to choose when she was allowed to speak. ...
