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nouna sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
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- absence the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- tic a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
- tickling exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- tingling exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- fibrillation muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
- titillating exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- tetany clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
- cortical epilepsy epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance)
- intermittent cramp clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
- jactitation (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness