vellication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
    twitching; twitch.

WordNet

Vel`li*ca"tion
Etymology
L. vellicatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
  2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.

Webster 1913