painful muscle tightening, usually sudden and involuntary; to restrict or confine something tightly.
From Middle Dutch 'crampe' or German 'Krampf,' describing involuntary muscle contractions, used in English since the 1600s.
Muscle cramps are still a bit mysterious to science—athletes get them, pregnant people get them, but doctors aren't totally sure why they happen or how to prevent them consistently.
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