Meaning Of The Word Tic
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Tic Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Tic?
-tic in American English
suffix: a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic), used esp. in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis tic countable noun: If someone has a tic, a part of their face or body keeps making a small uncontrollable movement, for example because they are tired or have a nervous illness. tic in American English any involuntary, regularly repeated, spasmodic contraction of a muscle, generally of neurotic origin noun: a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face tic in British English noun: spasmodic twitching of a particular group of muscles |
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