Tics
Habitual, repeated, rapid contraction of certain muscles, resulting in stereotyped individualized actions that can be voluntarily suppressed for only brief periods. They often involve the face, vocal cords, neck, and less often the extremities. Examples include repetitive throat clearing, vocalizations, sniffing, pursing the lips, and excessive blinking. Tics tend to be aggravated by emotional stress. When frequent they may interfere with speech and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. Conditions which feature frequent and prominent tics as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as TIC DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp109-10)
Year introduced: 2000
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Tree Number(s): C10.597.350.700, C23.888.592.350.700
MeSH Unique ID: D020323
Entry Terms:
- Tic
- Habituation Spasm
- Habituation Spasms
- Spasm, Habituation
- Spasms, Habituation
- Habit Chorea
- Chorea, Habit
- Choreas, Habit
- Habit Choreas
- Habit Spasm
- Habit Spasms
- Spasm, Habit
- Spasms, Habit
- Tic, Vocal
- Tics, Vocal
- Vocal Tic
- Vocal Tics
- Tic, Transient
- Tics, Transient
- Transient Tic
- Transient Tics
- Tic, Gestural
- Gestural Tic
- Gestural Tics
- Tics, Gestural
- Tic, Motor
- Motor Tic
- Motor Tics
- Tics, Motor
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