writer's cramp

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === writer's cramp (uncountable) (idiomatic) A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil. Synonyms: cheirospasm, graphospasm, mogigraphia 2007 Nov. 4, John Updike, "On Literary Biography" (excerpt from Due Considerations), New York Times (retrieved 9 Dec 2011): Henry James, after he suffered an attack of writer's cramp, began to dictate to a typist. ==== Translations ====