cramp Englisch Deutsch:
cramp Definition:
- A cramp is a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction or over-shortening; while generally temporary and non-damaging, they can cause mild-to-excruciating pain, and a paralysis-like immobility of the affected muscle. Onset is usually sudden, and it resolves on its own over a period of several seconds, minutes, or hours. Cramps may occur in a skeletal muscle or smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle cramps may be caused by muscle fatigue or a lack of electrolytes . Cramps of smooth muscle may be due to menstruation or gastroenteritis.
| Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts |
| Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc. |
| Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. |
| Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. |
| Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. |
| Cramp (v. t.) To compress |
| Cramp (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. |
| Cramp (v. t.) to bind together |
| Cramp (v. t.) To form on a cramp |
| Cramp (v. t.) To afflict with cramp. |
| cramp / cramp iron a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles, used to hold masonry together |
| cramp a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued |
| tetany / tetanilla / intermittent tetanus / intermittent cramp / apyretic tetanus clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures, associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis |
| spasm / cramp / muscle spasm a painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
| writer's cramp / graphospasm muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil |
| cramp suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle |
| cramp affect with or as if with a cramp |
| hamper / halter / cramp / strangle prevent the progress or free movement of, "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather", "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| cramp secure with a cramp, "cramp the wood" |
cramp Synonyme:
| cramp Jacksonian epilepsy Rolandic epilepsy abate abbreviate abdominal epilepsy access ache aching acquired epilepsy activated epilepsy acute pain affect epilepsy affix akinetic epilepsy anchor angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal annex apoplexy arrest arrestation arrestment attach attack attenuate autonomic epilepsy belay beyond one bite blockage blocking blow blunt bollix boring pain bottle up box box in box up burden cabin cardiac epilepsy casket cement charley horse check cinch circumscribe circumscribed circumscription clamp clinch clogging cloister clonic spasm clonus close close-fitting closet closing up closure coarct coffin compact complex compress concentrate condense confine confined confinement consolidate constipation constraint constrict constricted constriction constringe contract convulsion cortical epilepsy crab crabbed cramped cramping cramps crib crick crimp cripple crowded cumber cursive epilepsy curtail cut damp dampen darting pain deaden debilitate decrease delay detainment detention devitalize difficult distress diurnal epilepsy dolor draw draw in draw together dull eclampsia embarrass encase encumber enervate enfeeble engraft enmesh ensnarl entangle entoil entomb entrammel entrap entwine epilepsia epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsia minor epilepsia mitior epilepsia nutans epilepsia tarda epilepsy epitasis eviscerate exhaust extenuate falling sickness fasten fetter fit fix fixation focal epilepsy foot-dragging foul up frenzy fulgurant pain garbled girdle pain gnawing graft grand mal grapple grief grip griping gruel gum gum up hamper hampering hamstring handicap hard hard to understand haute mal hem hem in hindering hindrance hitch hobble holdback holdup hurt hysterical epilepsy ictus immure impede impediment incapacious incommod |
| cramped Latinate angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal authoritarian awkward barred beleaguered beset besieged bigot bigoted blockaded bombastic borne bound bounded boxed in cabined caged circumscribed clamped cloistered close close-fitting closed closed-in compressed concentrated condensed conditioned confined consolidated constricted contracted cooped copyrighted cordoned cordoned off corralled cramp creedbound cribbed crowded cumbrous deaf deaf to reason dinky disciplined elephantine enclosed exiguous fanatical fenced finite forced formal guinde half-pint halting heavy hedged hedged about hedged in hemmed hemmed in hidebound icebound illiberal immured imprisoned incapacious incarcerated incommodious inkhorn insular isthmian isthmic jailed knee-high knitted labored landlocked leaden leaguered limited little little-minded lumbering meager mean mean-minded mean-spirited mewed minute moderated narrow narrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled narrow-spirited near nearsighted nipped one-horse paled parochial patented penned pent-up petite petty piddling pinched pinched-in pindling pint-sized poky pompous ponderous prescribed proscribed provincial puckered puny purblind pursed qualified quarantined railed restrained restricted scant scanty sesquipedalian short shortsighted shut-in slender slight small small-minded smallish snowbound solidified squeezed stiff stilted stinted strait straitened straitlaced strangled strangulated stuffy tight tiny turgid two-by-four uncatholic uncharitable uncomfortable ungenerous unliberal unwieldy walled walled-in wasp-waisted windbound wrinkled |