See Also: trismus(medicine)
trismus(dictionary)
Trismus nascentium(medicine)
trismus dolorificus(medicine)
trismus neonatorum(medicine)
trismus sardonicus(medicine)

outrunner (iou) and trismus (medicine)


outrunner (iou)



outrunner noun. L16.
[from OUT- + RUNNER.]
A person who or thing which runs out; spec. an attendant who runs in front of or beside a carriage; the leading dog of a team of sledge dogs; fig. a forerunner, a herald.
? Rare before L19.

trismus (medicine)


trismus
<neurology> Motor disturbance of the trigeminal nerve, especially spasm of the masticatory muscles, with difficulty in opening the mouth, a characteristic early symptom of tetanus.

Synonym: lockjaw.

Origin: Gr. Trismos = grating, grinding