D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tic

/tĭk/ · IPA /tɪk/
01 n. A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velicat…
  1. 1.
    A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.(Med.) Also: spasmodic tic
Phrases & compounds
Tic douloureux — Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.