What is a local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face called?
vellication — (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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