tic douloureux
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tic douloureux
1790–1800; < French: literally, painful tic
Example Sentences
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She casts her spells not with a wave of a wand but with a twitch of her nose in a unique and peculiar manner that seems to be half allergy and half tic douloureux.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Milwaukee last week Dr. Roland Metzler Klemme, St. Louis surgeon, described what he considers the best modern technique for relief of tic douloureux.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dentists were interested because tic douloureux is often mistaken for jumping toothaches or nerve pain following extractions and dental anesthesias.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cause of tic douloureux is not definitely known.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bearer of that name, that is I, see myself as a man of sixty-two, with a bald head, with false teeth, and with an incurable tic douloureux.
From The Wife, and other stories by Garnett, Constance
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