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WRITER'S CRAMP

\ɹˈa͡ɪtəz kɹˈamp], \ɹˈa‍ɪtəz kɹˈamp], \ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_ə_z k_ɹ_ˈa_m_p]\

Definitions of WRITER'S CRAMP

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Pain and spasm of the arm, hand, and fingers, due to writing.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See under cramp.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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