systremma

systremma
A muscular cramp in the calf of the leg, the contracted muscles forming a hard ball. [G. anything twisted]

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sys·trem·ma (sis-tremґə) [Gr. “anything twisted up together”] a cramp in the muscles of the calf.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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