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writer's cramp

noun [U]
 
/ˌraɪ.təzˈkræmp/ US  /-t̬ɚz-/

Definition

a painful stiffness in the hand that people suffer from if they have been writing continuously for a long timeDisorders of muscles and the nervous system
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