jactitation\jak-tuh-TAY-shun\
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: a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body
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• "The effect of the first dose was most fortunate. In about ten minutes after it was swallowed, the jactitation ceased." - Edward H. Clarke, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 16 June 1870
• "It is clear that Mrs Y.'s tics are far more complex in form than mere Parkinsonian jerks, jactitations, or precipitations...." - Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, 1973
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