RISUS SARDONICUS
\ɹˈɪsəs sɑːdˈɒnɪkəs], \ɹˈɪsəs sɑːdˈɒnɪkəs], \ɹ_ˈɪ_s_ə_s s_ɑː_d_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k_ə_s]\
Definitions of RISUS SARDONICUS
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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(Med.) A convulsive, horrible grin, chiefly in tetanus and inflamed diaphragm; perhaps pointing to the idea of the Sardinian ranunculus, and the face of the eater screwed up; but the earlier Gr. to laugh bitterly, is from I grin. It is not clear from what source medicine derives the term.
By Henry Percy Smith
