xyrospasm

xyrospasm

English

Etymology

xyro- (“razor”) +‎ spasm

Noun

xyrospasm

1. (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)

Anagrams

• paroxysms