vellication

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vellication
    n 1: a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous
         condition [syn: {twitch}, {twitching}, {vellication}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vellication \Vel`li*ca"tion\, [L. vellicatio.]
   1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
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   2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a
      muscular fiber, especially of the face.
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