graphospasm

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

English grapho-

English spasm

English graphospasm

From grapho- + spasm.

Noun

graphospasm (countable and uncountable, plural graphospasms)

1. (medicine) Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.

   Synonym: mogigraphia