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Vellication

Vellication \Vel`li*ca"tion\, [L. vellicatio.]

  1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.

  2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.

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vellication

n. (context chiefly medicine obsolete English) A spasmodic twitching

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vellication

n. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition [syn: twitch, twitching]