cramp
PATHOLOGICAL, OFTEN PAINFUL, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION
Cramps; Muscle cramps; Muscle cramp; Cramping; Leg cramps; Leg cramp; Calf cramps; Muscle catching; Muscle catch; Muscular cramp; Nocturnal leg cramps; Abdominal cramp; Legs cramps; Stomach cramp
(n.) = calambre muscular, agarrotamiento muscular, retortijón
Ex: He recommended me to carry a small piece of brimstone sewed up in a piece of very thin linen to bed with me, and if I felt any symptom of cramp to hold it in my hand.
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* writer's cramp = agarrotamiento muscular de la mano con imposibilidad de escribir, dolor en la mano al escribir