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tic: see spasm spasm, involuntary rigid muscle contraction, often persistent and often accompanied by pain. It usually has some underlying physical cause such as disease, strain, or injury to the muscle or nearby tissues, impairment of circulation, or a disturbance of body ..... Click the link for more information. . ticSudden rapid, recurring muscle contraction—usually a blink, sniff, twitch, or shrug—always brief, irresistible, and localized. Frequency decreases from head to foot. Unlike a spasm, a cramp, or the movements of chorea or epilepsy, it does not interfere with other movement and can be held off for a time. It can become ingrained as a habit of which the person (most often a nervous child 5–12 years old) is unaware. Most tics are probably psychological, but similar movements occur in some physical disorders (e.g., late-stage encephalitis). People with tics have some control over the movement but feel impelled to go through with it to feel better. Tension increases the movement's likelihood, and distraction reduces it. Psychotherapy, relaxation training, and biofeedback training have had some success in treating tics. TIC(Token Ring Interface Card) A TLA for a Token Ring NIC (network interface card). tic Pathol spasmodic twitching of a particular group of muscles How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| First, there's the motley crew of spellers with their nervous tics, among them the chubby, slobby know-it-all (Dan Fogler), the Korean overachiever (Deborah Craig), the ego-deficient kid from the large hippie family (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), and the lisping rad-grrrl with two gay daddies (Sarah Saltzberg). LIKE ABOUT COWS THAT TWITCH, OR HAVE NERVOUS TICS, FACIAL PARALYSIS, OR SLURRED MOOING . You can put an end to your most troublesome habits, including anxiety, negative thinking, compulsive eating, constant throat-clearing, knuckle-cracking, fingernail-biting, nervous tics, smoking, and even habitual physical or spiritual laziness, in much less time than you ever imagined--sometimes in a matter of days--and in most cases you can do it on your own. |
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