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English
Adjective
anapeiratic (not comparable)
- Caused by prolonged exercise of a muscle.
1895, Maryland Medical Journal - Volume 32, page 471:Anapeiratic paralyses are those due to excessive use of certain muscles.
1888, John Chester, Ruth, the Christian Scientist: Or, The New Hygeia, page 290:"It is," said Dr. Buccom, " what Dr. Hammond terms anapeiratic paralysis, where the organs most used are the ones affected, such as writer's or telegrapher's paralysis."
1970, Maurice Duggan, O'Leary's orchard and other stories, page 167:A somewhat randydandy in the past I came by the usual passes and frenzies and anapeiratic fatigue to that final pass and found myself in harness with a woman for whom, the long and lively honeymoon over, I not only had no desire but had also no patience, neither, even experiencing (a luxury for Riley) a positive sexual aversion.