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Meaning of trismo




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

trismo
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It's the inability to open the jaws. It is also called trismus. Chewing muscle spasm. Contraction of the massetan muscles caused by a tetanus that prevents opening the mouth. The origin of the word in Greek, defined the grinding of teeth. Motionless jaw.

  




Alfredo Edgardo Alvarez Ahumada

Lockjaw: refers to teeth grinding.

  



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