xyrospasm

X8Y4R1O1S1P3A1S1M3

noun

A spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.

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Meanings

noun
  1. rareA 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

From xyro- (“razor”) + spasm.

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Translations

Japanese 剃毛痙攣
  • 剃毛痙攣 (tēmōkēren)contraction of a muscle
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APA

xyrospasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xyrospasm

MLA

“xyrospasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xyrospasm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xyrospasm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xyrospasm.

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