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pandiculation|pændɪkjuːˈleɪʃən|
[n. of action from L. pandiculārī: see prec.]
An instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; it occurs before and after sleeping, also in certain nervous affections, as hysteria, and at the accession of a fit of ague. Sometimes loosely used for ‘yawning’.
1611Cotgr., Pendiculation, a pendiculation; or, a stretching in th' approach of an Ague. 1649Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. ix. 225 Pandiculation is a Deliberate Action of the other Muscles of the Body. 1668Phil. Trans. III. 812 About Sneezing, the Hickocke, Yawning, Pandiculation, and their Causes. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 333 Pandiculation..is an instinctive exertion to recover a balance of power between the extensor and flexor muscles. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 217 By mere dint of pandiculation, vulgarly called yawning. |