Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lockjaw

1 sense of lockjaw

Sense 1
tetanus, lockjaw -- (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)
       => infection -- (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)