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| tailor's cramp | An occupational dystonia affecting the forearms and hands of tailors. Synonym: tailor's spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tailor | 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. "Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor." (Shak) 2. <zoology> The mattowacca; called also tailor herring. The silversides. 3. <zoology> The goldfish. Salt-water tailor, any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. Longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. Coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. Origin: OF. Tailleor, F. Tailleur, fr. OF. Taillier, F. Tailler to cut, fr. L. Talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tailor's muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior superior spine of ilium; insertion, medial border of tuberosity of tibia; action, flexes thigh and leg, rotates leg medially and thigh laterally; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus sartorius, tailor's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tailor's spasm | An occupational dystonia affecting the forearms and hands of tailors. Synonym: tailor's spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory cramp | <neurology> A wry neck, a contracted state of the cervical muscles, producing twisting of the neck and an unnatural position of the head. Origin: L. Tortus = twisted, collum = neck (18 Nov 1997) |
| violinist's cramp | A occupational dystonia affecting the digits of the fingering hand, or sometimes the bowing arm, in violin players. (05 Mar 2000) |
| golfer's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing golf. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and writer's's cramp. Golfer's cramp provides a reason to switch to tennis (and get tennis elbow). (12 Dec 1998) |
| waiter's cramp | An occupational dystonia characterised by spasm of the muscles of the back and dominant arm in persons who wait tables. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pianist's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing the piano (or another keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord). Similar focal dystonias have also been called writer's cramp, typist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| watchmaker's cramp | An occupational dystonia characterised by spasm of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle from holding the lens to the eye and spasm of the muscles of the hand from performing the delicate movements of watch repairing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wordprocessor's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during typing or wordprocessing. Similar focal dystonias have also been called writer's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| writer's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| musician's cramp | An occupational dystonia, affecting those who play on musical instruments, and named usually according to the instrument played upon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cramp | 1. A painful muscle spasm caused by prolonged tetanic contraction. 2. A localised muscle spasm related to occupational use, qualified according to the occupation of the sufferer; e.g., seamstress's cramp, writer's cramp. Origin: M.E. Crampe, fr. O. Fr., fr. Germanic (05 Mar 2000) |
| cramp,writer's | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heat cramp | A form of heat illness that results from profuse sweating and loss of body salts (sodium). Heat cramps are manifest by painful spasms of abdominal and skeletal muscles. (27 Sep 1997) |
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