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stridor dentium

stridor dentium Stridor dentium is an old term for grinding or gnashing the teeth.

Stridor dentium is an old term for grinding or gnashing the teeth. In this source, it refers especially to tooth-grinding seen in epilepsy and other convulsive disorders from spasm of the lower jaw muscles, and also to grinding caused by peripheral nervous irritation.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-976500-988500).
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