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xyrospasm en · NOUN

Etymology

From xyro- (“razor”) + spasm.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.
    • 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. 1904, Hermann Oppenheim, Diseases of the Nervous System, J.B. Lippincott Co., page 859:

Translations (1)

ja 剃毛痙攣 (contraction of a muscle)