TIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tic mean? 

• TIC (noun)
  The noun TIC has 1 sense:

1. a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

  Familiarity information: TIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A local and habitual twitching especially in the face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tic" is a kind of...):

twitch; twitching; vellication (a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition)

 Context examples 

Pimozide selectively inhibits type 2 dopaminergic receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby decreasing dopamine neurotransmission and reducing the occurrence of motor and vocal tics and delusions of parasitosis.

(Pimozide, NCI Thesaurus)

Difficulty moving; distortion or impairment of voluntary movement, as in tic, spasm, or myoclonus.

(Dyskinesia, NCI Thesaurus)