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  • n  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

  • Why this sudden affliction of senatorial lockjaw? The answer seemed obvious: Baker is involved in a scandal of major proportions, and the Senate plainly feared that some of its .
  • One of the most violent and fatal of infectious diseases is tetanus or lockjaw, caused by the tetanus bacillus which dwells in earth, manure, intestines of many animals, rusty .
  • Of all the side-effects popularly thought to result from ingesting monosodium glutamateheadaches, lockjaw, indigestion, cancerbreaking Muslim holy .
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  • Mike James in Boston Globe
    I'm a pit bull because I'm misunderstood,said James. "A pit bull is the sweetest, most loving dog in the world and full of energy. But if crossed, they've got lockjaw. When I lock on to something, I'm not letting go."

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