| 单词 | habit spasm |
| 释义 | > as lemmashabit spasm habit spasm n. Medicine = tic n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > tic or twitch spasm1477 vellication1665 subsultus1696 tic douloureux1800 tic1822 jerking1827 live blood1834 nervous tic1858 jactitation1861 habit spasm1888 myokymia1901 fasciculation1938 1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. v. 586 Children often..present spasmodic movements such as winking, twitching the mouth, jerking the head..which the individuals are unable to control... This condition has been termed ‘habit-chorea’..but..‘habit-spasm’ is, I think, a better name. 1940 S. A. K. Wilson Neurol. II. 1629 In France the word ‘tic’ has been employed for centuries to denote a habitual, unpleasing gesture; but only within the last 30 years has it been current in English neurology, replacing the incorrect ‘habit-spasm’ or ‘habit-chorea’ of prior date. < as lemmas |
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