stomach cramp

  • 1cramp — cramp1 /kramp/, n. 1. Often, cramps. a. a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, esp. of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain. b. a piercing pain in the abdomen. c. an intermittent, painful contraction… …

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  • 2cramp — cramp1 [kræmp] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: crampe, perhaps from Low German krampe; CRAMP2] 1.) [U and C] a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part… …

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  • 3cramp — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ agonizing, bad, painful, severe ▪ sudden ▪ She had a sudden painful cramp in her left leg. ▪ leg …

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  • 4cramp — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body: I woke up in the middle of the night with cramp in my leg. | have/get cramp BrE have/get… …

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  • 5cramp — [[t]kræ̱mp[/t]] cramps, cramping, cramped 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of… …

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  • 6cramp — 1. noun stomach cramps Syn: muscle/muscular spasm, pain, shooting pain, pang, stitch; Medicine hyperkinesis 2. verb tighter rules will cramp economic growth Syn: hinder, impede, inhibit, hamper, constrain, hamstring, interfere with …

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  • 7cramp — 1. noun stomach cramps Syn: spasm, pain, shooting pain, twinge, pang, convulsion 2. verb tighter rules will cramp economic growth Syn: hinder, impede, inhibit, hamper, constrain, hamstring, interfere wit …

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  • 8cramp fish — marine fish with pair of organs that produce electric discharge (person touched by this fish feels slight shock and numbness or tremor and sickness of the stomach), electric ray, torpedo fish …

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  • 10Jacques Anquetil — Infobox Cyclist ridername = Jacques Anquetil fullname = Jacques Anquetil nickname = Monsieur Chrono Maître Jacques height = convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on weight = convert|70|kg|abbr=on dateofbirth = birth date|1934|1|8|mf=y dateofdeath = death date …

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