motor tic

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motor tic

Neurology A nonpurposeful repeated muscle spasm; simple MTs–SMTs are abrupt, brief, single, isolated Examples Eye blink, shoulder shrug, repetitive kicking of legs, head jerk, eye dart, nose twitch. See Torsion dystonia. Cf Akathitic movement, Hand caressing, Hyperekplexia, Ritual, Sterotypy.

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