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English
Etymology
From xyro- (“razor”) + spasm.
Noun
xyrospasm
- (rare) A spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.
1904, Hermann Oppenheim, Diseases of the Nervous System, J.B. Lippincott Co., page 859:I have seen in two cases a barbers’ cramp (keirospasm or xyrospasm) — i.e., a spastic contraction of the muscles of the hand and fingers, which came on in a barber at every attempt to use a razor.
Translations
contraction of a muscle
- Japanese: 剃毛痙攣 (けいれん, tēmōkēren)
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