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trismus; ankylostoma; lockjaw

Etiology: - tetanus - peritonsillar abscess [2] Pathology: - a firm closing of the jaw due to tonic spasm of the muscles of mastication from disease of the motor branch of cranial nerve 5 (trigeminus)

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dystonia

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 24th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982
  2. NEJM Knowledge+ Otolaryngology