Tic


noun
1.
Pathology.

a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.

2.
a persistent or recurrent behavioral trait; personal quirk:
her distinctive verbal tics.
1.
a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic), used especially in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis: hematotic; neurotic.
noun (pathol)
1.
spasmodic twitching of a particular group of muscles
2.
See tic douloureux

tic (tĭk)
n.
A habitual spasmodic muscular movement or contraction, usually of the face or extremities. Also called habit spasm.
TIC
1.
tongue in cheek
2.
total inorganic carbon

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