Lockjaw Sentence Examples

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  • The second tetanus type is traumatic tetanus, which is also referred to in England as " lockjaw " .

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  • Tetanus (sometimes called lockjaw) is a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system.

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  • The time when I thought my gum was swelling up and I had lockjaw was totally different.

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  • The second tetanus type is traumatic tetanus, which is also referred to in England as " lockjaw ".

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  • In strychnine poisoning trismus or lockjaw is generally secondary to spasm of the other muscles, while in tetanus it is usually the first symptom, no relaxation taking place between the spasms.

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  • They appear to catch what is called the "boat-cold" caused by the arrival of strange boats, and at one time the children suffered severely from a form of lockjaw known as the "eight days' sickness."

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  • Tetanus, sometimes called lockjaw, is a disease caused by the toxin of Clostridium tetani.

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  • The first sign of tetanus is a tightening of the jaw muscles that gives the disease its common name, lockjaw.

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  • Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious disease of the nervous system that can cause uncontrolled muscle spasms and death.

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  • In the first place, the intuition of causality does not require will at all, because we often perceive one bodily member pressing another involuntarily; a man suffering from lockjaw neither wills nor can avoid feeling the pressure of his upper and lower jaws against one another.

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