Lockjaw [noun]
Definition of Lockjaw:
nervous system infection
Opposite/Antonyms of Lockjaw:
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Sentence/Example of Lockjaw:
Every sharp point was covered with rust and threatened lockjaw.
Loeffler did the same thing, in the same year for diphtheria, and Nicolaier for lockjaw; while Kuno produced antipyrene.
Uncle Dan'l was a favorite, too-kind-hearted and dependable, while his occasional lockjaw gave him an unusual distinction.
Captain Hardy stuck a nail in his foot the 6th of July of the next year, and died of the lockjaw on the 15th.
Then the patient complained of a chill, and it was soon discovered that lockjaw had set in.
By this time my teeth were clenched as if in the throes of lockjaw.
Here also have been established the principles of inoculation against bubonic plague, lockjaw, and other germ diseases.
At breakfast, we received the cheerful news that Mr. Lang's horse had the lockjaw and showed signs of dying.
We rarely get lockjaw from an ordinary cut with a sharp knife, because such a wound bleeds freely and washes itself out.
It opens its mouth as wide as possible, and for as long a time as one stands before it, as if it suffered from lockjaw.