- winking spasm
- spasmodic twitching of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle and of the eyelid.
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Spasm, nictitating — Spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. To nictitiate is to wink. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare … Medical dictionary
Spasm — A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly. A spasm of the coronary artery can cause angina. Spasms in various types of tissue may be caused by stress, medication, over exercise, or … Medical dictionary
Nictitating spasm — Spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. To nictitiate is to wink. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare. * * * winking s … Medical dictionary
bleph|a|ro|spasm — «BLEHF uhr uh SPAZ uhm», noun. excessive and involuntary winking … Useful english dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
Nictitate — To wink. Nictitating spasm is spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare. * * * To wink. [see nictitation] * * * nic·ti·tate nik tə .tāt vi, tat·ed; tat·ing … Medical dictionary
Blepharospasm — The involuntary, forcible closure of the eyelids. The first symptoms may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye may be affected initially, but eventually both eyes are usually involved. The spasms may leave the eyelids completely closed causing … Medical dictionary
Tic — A repetitive movement that is difficult, if not impossible, to control. Tics can affect any group of muscles. The most common are facial tics, such as eye blinking, nose twitching, or grimacing. Tics that affect the muscles used to produce speech … Medical dictionary
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
