twitching

Other forms: twitchings

Definitions of twitching

1. noun

   a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
   synonyms: twitch, vellication

   types:

   tic

   a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

   blepharism

   condition in which a person blinks continuously

   fibrillation

   muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

   fasciculation

   muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers

   atrial fibrillation

   fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart

   ventricular fibrillation

   fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest

   type of:

   cramp, muscle spasm, spasm

   a painful and involuntary muscular contraction