- writers' cramp
- a muscle cramp in the hand, a type of focal dystonia caused by excessive use in writing; called also graphospasm, writers' paralysis, and writers' spasm.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
writers' cramp
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writers' paralysis — writers cramp … Medical dictionary
writers' spasm — writers cramp … Medical dictionary
cramp — cramp1 /kramp/, n. 1. Often, cramps. a. a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, esp. of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain. b. a piercing pain in the abdomen. c. an intermittent, painful contraction… … Universalium
Writer's cramp — Writer Writ er, n. [AS. wr[=i]tere.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. [1913 Webster] They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. [1913 Webster] My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
СПАЗМ — (cramp) продолжительное болезненное сокращение мышцы. Иногда причиной мышечного спазма является нарушение солевого состава в организме, однако чаще всего он возникает в результате утомления, неудобного положения или сильного напряжения. Спазм… … Толковый словарь по медицине
graphospasm — SYN: writer s cramp. * * * grapho·spasm graf ə .spaz əm n WRITER S CRAMP * * * grapho·spasm (grafґo spaz″əm) writers cramp … Medical dictionary
mogigraphia — noun writers cramp; graphospasm … Wiktionary
graphospasm — noun writers cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing … Wiktionary
cheirospasm — Rarely used term for spasm of the muscles of the hand, as in writers cramp. SYN: chirospasm. [cheiro + G. spasmos, spasm] * * * chei·ro·spasm (kiґro spaz″əm) [cheiro + spasm] spasm of the muscles of the hand … Medical dictionary
lock spasm — a firm tonic spasm that seems to lock the fingers together, as in writers cramp and in similar affections … Medical dictionary
