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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Category, Medical sign stubs
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jactitation  jactation
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(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness WordNet 3.0
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(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In medicine, jactitation is a restless tossing in bed, seen in severe fevers and certain mental disorders; or more generally a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body. Wikipedia
Restless tossing in bed Wikidata
A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation. Wiktionary
Extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed. Wiktionary
(medicine) extreme restlessness. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
restlessness
psychomotor agitation
PART OF
movement disorder
CATEGORY DOMAIN
pathology
DERIVATION
convulse
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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jactitation, jactation
Wikipedia
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jactitation (medicine)
Wikidata
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Jactitation
Wiktionary
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jactation, jactitation
Wikidata Alias
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jactation

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