writer's cramp
Schreibkrampf, Graphospasmus, Cheirospasmus
A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting…A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.
Schreibkrampf, Graphospasmus, Cheirospasmus
More definitions
- muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
cramp in the writing hand:
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil:graphospasm
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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