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xyrospasm

noun

Etymology

From xyro- (“razor”) + spasm.

  1. derived from σπασμός — “spasm, convulsion”
  2. derived from spasmus
  3. derived from spasme
  4. inherited from spasme
  5. prefixed as xyrospasm — “xyr + spasm”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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