risus sardonicus

/R IY0 S AH0 S AA0 R D AA0 N IH0 K AH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    A rictus grin; an abnormal sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning, characteristic of tetanus and of strychnine poisoning.

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