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cramplike

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English

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Etymology

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From cramp +‎ -like.

Adjective

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cramplike (not comparable)

  1. Similar to a cramp
    • 1939, National Health Review[1], volumes 7–9, page 220:
      The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.