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Definition of lockjaw noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

lockjaw

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈlɑkdʒɔ//
 
[uncountable] (old-fashioned) (informal)
 
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a form of the disease tetanus in which the jaws become stiff and closed
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