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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  {Tic  douloureux}.  [F.,  fr  tic  a  knack,  a  twitching  + 
  douloureux  painful.]  (Med.)  Neuralgia  in  the  face;  face 
  ague.  See  under  {Face}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tic 
  n  :  a  local  and  habitual  twitching  especially  in  the  face 




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