Search Result for "vellication":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition;
[syn: twitch, twitching, vellication]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vellication \Vel`li*ca"tion\, [L. vellicatio.] 1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. [1913 Webster]
