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xyrospasm

xyrospasm noun: a spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.

Noun

xyrospasm

  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

Origin of xyrospasm

From xyro- (“razor”) + spasm.

Questions about xyrospasm

What does xyrospasm mean?
Xyrospasm means a spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.
What part of speech is xyrospasm?
Xyrospasm is a noun.

Words near xyrospasm in the dictionary

  1. xyrids
  2. xyris
  3. xyrises
  4. xyro-
  5. xyrophobic
  6. xyrospasm
  7. xyrs
  8. xyrself
  9. xysma
  10. xysmalobin
  11. xysmalogenin

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