'spasmodic tic' definitions:
Definition of 'spasmodic tic'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Tic douloureux. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face. [1913 Webster]