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A sudden spasm
Answer for the clue "A sudden spasm ", 11 letters:
vellication
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Word definitions for vellication in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vellication \Vel`li*ca"tion\, [L. vellicatio.] The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly medicine obsolete English) A spasmodic twitching
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition [syn: twitch , twitching ]