Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds;
spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages;
[syn: tetanus, lockjaw]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lockjaw \Lock"jaw`\, n. (Med.)
A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion
is suspended; a variety of tetanus; trismus.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lockjaw
n 1: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous
system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms
of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late
stages [syn: tetanus, lockjaw]