vellication

vellication

a twitching, as of a part of the body; convulsive movement of a muscle.

See also: Body, Human

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vellication - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition twitch, twitching cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction tic - a local and habitual twitching especially in the face blepharism - condition in which a person blinks continuously fibrillation - muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination fasciculation - muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers

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