| Pronunciation: | | tik
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a local and habitual twitching especially in the face |
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TIC is a 3 letter word that starts with T. |
| | See Also: | | twitch, twitching, vellication |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.)
A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles;
especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face;
twitching; velication; -- called also {spasmodic tic}.
--Dunglison.
{Tic douloureux}. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching +
douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face
ague. See under {Face}.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An involuntary muscular contraction; a twitch or movement. |
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