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JACTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Synonyms:
jactation; jactitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jactation" is a kind of...):
queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness (inability to rest or relax or be still)
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)