LOCK-JAW

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 28

n. Lok'ja<. See TRISMUS. White l.-j. A popular term for a chronic form of trismus nascentium (see TRISMOID) described by Coley as beginning with dysentery and being attend-" ed with a cold, exsanguinated state of the skin. [Hartigan, N. Y. Med. Jour.," Jan. 3, 1885, p. 16.] [s. 664]