lockjaw

tetanus

Muscle-stiffening bacterial disease

• toxinBiological-origin harm agent
• vaccineDisease prevention injection
• immunizationProtective medical injection

antitoxin · booster · diphtheria · pertussis · DPT · incubation · spores · bacterium · preventable · neonatal

rigidity

State of being unbending

• stiffnessResistance to deformation
• spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
• contractionReduction in size

tightness · immobility · muscle tension · clamped · seized · difficulty swallowing

mandible

Lower facial bone

• temporomandibularOf the jaw hinge
• TMJJaw-skull connection, abbreviated
• jawboneLower skull bone

masseter · bite · mouth · teeth · chewing · mastication · articulation · hinge · joint

ache

Persistent dull discomfort

• throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
• severeExtremely harsh or strict
• excruciatingCausing extreme suffering

agonizing · intense · unbearable · soreness · tenderness · discomfort · cramping · shooting · acute · chronic

• infectionsviral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacteremia
• bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, tetanus
• Head and Neck Ailmentsheadache, neck pain, sore throat, earache, tonsillitis
• Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
• Old Diseasesplague, smallpox, cholera, typhus, typhoid
• jaw disordersTMJ, TMJ disorder, mandible, bruxism, teeth grinding