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noun
Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: mogigraphia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: writer's cramp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) English grapho- English spasm English graphospasm From grapho- + spasm.
