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writer's cramp
noun
- spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
writer's cramp
noun
- a muscular spasm or temporary paralysis of the muscles of the thumb and first two fingers caused by prolonged writing
Example Sentences
Housemaid鈥檚 knee, tennis elbow, writer鈥檚 cramp, potter鈥檚 wrist and other afflictions are much older than iPad neck, but they all have similar causes.
Remove Cavity Sam鈥檚 funny bone, Charlie horse or writer鈥檚 cramp with a pair of electro-probe tweezers without lighting up his bright red nose.
There is the Indy 500 parade on Saturday and a morning autograph session where he is likely to develop writer's cramp.
If Girardi wielded such power in his current job, he would get writer鈥檚 cramp from compiling a list of all the matters that need redress: a faulty offense, a growing list of injuries and the puzzling decline of Luis Severino.
He had succumbed to what doctors call focal dystonia, golfers call the yips, and instrumentalists and scribblers, respectively, call musician鈥檚 cramp and writer鈥檚 cramp.
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