Meaning | A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition. |
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Synonyms | twitch, twitching |
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Narrower | blepharism | Condition in which a person blinks continuously |
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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 |
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Spanish | contracción nerviosa, espasmo nervioso, tic |
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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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