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Trismus

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Trismus"

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Word	Definition
lockjawnoun	(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
microstomianoun	(medicine) The presence of an abnormally small mouth, a clinical feature of many craniofacial syndromes.
aphthongianoun	(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
dysgnathianoun	malformation of the jaw
trench mouthnoun	(idiomatic, medicine) Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.
dysodontiasisnoun	(medicine, rare) Difficulty or irregularity in the eruption of the teeth.
stomatalgianoun	pain in the mouth
abocclusionnoun	(dentistry) Condition in which the upper and lower teeth are not in contact.
schistoglossianoun	The condition of having a cleft tongue.
trachelismusnoun	(medicine) contraction or spasm of the muscles of the neck
odontomalacianoun	(medicine, pathology) Abnormal softening of the teeth due to dysfunctional mineralization.
edentationnoun	(pathology) The condition of being deprived of one or more teeth.
logoplegianoun	inability to speak because of paralysis of the speech organs
stomatorrhagianoun	(pathology) bleeding from the mouth
agomphiasisnoun	Looseness of the teeth.
cancrum orisnoun	(pathology) noma, a gangrenous disease of the face
tracheomalacianoun	(pathology) A condition in which the cartilaginous tissue in trachea is soft, such that the trachea partly collapses during respiration.
macrostomianoun	(medicine) The condition of having an abnormally large mouth
mucostasisnoun	(biology) The state of the mucosal tissue of the jaws when in a resting position
prunellanoun	(botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals.