Vellication

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of twitching or of causing to twitch.
  • noun. A twitching or convulsive motion of a muscular fiber. Compare subsultus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
  • A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
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  • noun. A spasmodic twitching
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  • noun. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
    • Word Usage
    "At first vellication is painful but the skin becomes used to it."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cramp  muscle spasm  spasm  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    blepharism  fasciculation  fibrillation  tic  
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