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Noun Concept

Categories: Muscular disorders, Occupational diseases

writer's cramp graphospasm focal hand dystonia cheirospasm Chirospasm

Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil WordNet 3.0

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Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Writer's cramp or focal hand dystonia is an idiopathic movement disorder of adult onset, characterized by abnormal posturing and movement of the hand and/or forearm during tasks requiring skilled hand use, such as writing. Wikipedia

Focal dystonia that affects a single muscle or small group of muscles in the hand resulting from involuntary muscular contractions Wikidata

Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing. Wiktionary

A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil. Wiktionary

Cramp in the writing hand. Wiktionary (translation)

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

writer's cramp, graphospasm

Wikipedia

writer's cramp

Wikidata

focal hand dystonia

Wiktionary

graphospasm, writer's cramp

Wikipedia Redirections

cheirospasm, Chirospasm, Mogigraphia, Organic writers' cramp, Scrivener's palsy, Writer's Cramp, Writers cramp

Wikidata Alias

hand and arm dystonia, organic writer's cramp, writer's cramp