| NOUN | state | vellication, twitch, twitching | a sudden muscle spasm |
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| Meaning | A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition. | |
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| Synonyms | twitch, twitching | |
| Narrower | blepharism | Condition in which a person blinks continuously |
| fasciculation | muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | |
| fibrillation | muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination | |
| tic | A local and habitual twitching especially in the face | |
| Broader | spasm, cramp, muscle spasm | A painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
| Spanish | contracción nerviosa, espasmo nervioso, tic | |
| Verbs | vellicate | touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
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