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1. tics

   A tic is a sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups. Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching. Common motor and phonic tics are, respectively, eye blinking and throat clearing.Tics must be distinguished from movements of disorders such as chorea, dystonia and myoclonus; the compulsions of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and seizure activity; and movements exhibited in stereotypic movement disorder or among autistic people (also known as stimming).

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1. 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)

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1. TICS

   What does TICS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TICS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. cist

2. cits

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tics in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tics in a Sentence

1. Eric Turquin:

   A painter is like us he has tics. And you have all the tics of Caravaggio in this.

2. Dan Nufer:

   I understood the potential risks. And I was fine with it, from start to finish, with TICs, I found the bark was much worse than the bite.

3. Mark Bauerlein:

   Their stylistic tics are nonsensical fluff: 'Like ... Like ... Like ...,' sentences punctuated with 'N Stuff,' mindless clichés such as 'Omigod!' and 'Awesome.' In their writing, they aren't much better. Let's be clear about every standardized test score and every survey of teachers and employers: the writing of students and younger workers is a mess.

4. Katy Gough:

   It was the most spontaneous decision I have ever made in my entire life, i decided to do a small video about my tics soon after being diagnosed.

5. Eric Turquin:

   A painter is like us he has tics, and you have all the tics of Caravaggio in this. Not all of them, but many of them - enough to be sure that this is the hand, this is the writing of this great artist.

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1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tics