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lockjaw

lockjaw noun: a spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

Noun

lockjaw (usually uncountable, plural lockjaws)

  1. (usually) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
    Synonyms:
    trismus, tetanus

lockjaw meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Myanmar

lockjaw in Tamil

அசையாதாடை, தாடைப்பூட்டு, பூட்டுத்தாளம்மை, பூட்டுத்தாள்

lockjaw in Bengali

স্নায়ুতন্ত্রের রোগ

lockjaw in Myanmar

disease
မေးခိုင်ရောဂါ me:hkuing-rau:ga

Synonyms of lockjaw

Forms of lockjaw

plurallockjaws

Origin of lockjaw

From lock + jaw.

Questions about lockjaw

What does lockjaw mean?
Lockjaw means a spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
What is lockjaw in Tamil?
Lockjaw in Tamil is அசையாதாடை, தாடைப்பூட்டு, பூட்டுத்தாளம்மை. See Lockjaw meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lockjaw?
Lockjaw is a noun.
What is the plural of lockjaw?
The plural of lockjaw is lockjaws.

Words near lockjaw in the dictionary

  1. Lockington-Hemington
  2. lockins
  3. Lockist
  4. Lockists
  5. Lockitt
  6. lockjaw
  7. lockjawed
  8. lockjaws
  9. lockkeeper
  10. lockkeepers
  11. Locklear

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lockjaw (page history and authors); lockjaw (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lockjaw (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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