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Definition: spasmodic tic
Tic
\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.
[1913 Webster]
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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