Lockjaw
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Lockjaw can refer to any of the following:
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[edit] Medical conditions and diseases
- trismus, a pathological condition in which the mouth is held shut by sustained spasm of the masseter (jaw) muscle, often observed in cases of tetanus.
- tetanus, an infectious disease of the central nervous system.
[edit] In music
- "Lockjaw", a Linkin Park instrumental song.
- Lockjaw (band), a UK punk rock band from the 1970s.
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, a jazz saxophonist (d. 1986).
- Lockjaw (album), the Dance Hall Crashers 1995 album.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Lockjaw (comics), a character from Marvel Comics' Inhumans.
[edit] In sociology and linguistics
- Locust Valley Lockjaw, an upper-class American accent.
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