vellication

Noun
  1. A sudden muscle spasm;
    Especially one caused by a nervous condition (synset 114385069)
    is a type of: cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: twitch, twitching

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