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Meaning of xyrospasm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A spasm experienced whilst attempting to use a shaving razor.

rare

Equivalents

日本語剃毛痙攣

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

xysma xysmalobin xysmalogenin xysmalorin Xyst xystarch