| 单词 | telegraphist's cramp |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelegraphist's cramp telegraphist's cramp n. (also telegraphists' cramp) [after German Telegraphistenkrampf or its model French mal télégraphique (both 1875 or earlier)] now historical muscle spasm, weakness, and pain of the forearm or hand occurring as an occupational disorder in telegraph operators; also called telegrapher's cramp. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific telegraphist's cramp1875 telegrapher's cramp1877 weavers' cramp1881 telegrapher's palsy1882 pianist's cramp1887 charley horse1888 piano-failure1897 watchmaker's cramp1899 1875 Lancet 24 Apr. 585/1 It seems possible that we may have to add ‘telegraphists' cramp’ to the list of those diseases which are aptly named ‘professional impotences’. 1908 Daily Chron. 26 Nov. 6/2 The supplementary report..recommended that telegraphists' cramp should be added to the compensation list. 2009 H. Evans & R. E. Bartholomew Outbreak 372/2 Episodes of writer's cramp in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and telegraphist's cramp during the first three decades of the twentieth century, have a remarkable parallel to RSI [= repetitive strain injury] ‘outbreaks’. < as lemmas |
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