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vellication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vellication has 1 sense
- vellication(n = noun.state) twitch, twitching - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition; Array is a kind of cramp, muscle spasm, spasm
has particulars: tic, blepharism, fibrillation, fasciculation
Derived form verb vellicate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
vellication, [L. vellicatio.].
- The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. [1913 Webster]
- A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. [1913 Webster]
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