writer's cramp

Noun

 * 1)  A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * Henry James, after he suffered an attack of writer's cramp, began to dictate to a typist.

Translations

 * Catalan: rampa dels escrivents,
 * Danish: skrivekrampe
 * German: Schreibkrampf, Graphospasmus, Cheirospasmus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skrivekrampe
 * Nynorsk: skrivekrampe
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: