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Chattering teeth

Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical Findings

A bodily response in which the jaw muscles shiver and the teeth strike together, most often triggered by cold. It can also arise from bruxism driven by emotional stress, and certain medications, notably antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, can produce it as a side effect.

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ICD-10 Chapter
XVIII: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 1
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XVIII
Quote, List of chapters, Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
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