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Discover Ludwig"facial tic" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a facial movement someone makes involuntarily that is a symptom of a neurological disorder, such as Tourette Syndrome. For example: "The patient was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome after displaying a facial tic."
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"It's not unlike stuttering or having a facial tic".
Chasing down journalists is a classic tell, the facial tic of a system under pressure.
Each facial tic was analysed as potential evidence that Israel was about to crack.
Gordie Howe sustained a fractured skull that nearly killed him and left him with a permanent facial tic.
The beat reporters noticed that Hank had a facial tic — a twitch in one of his eyes — that came and went depending on whether his father was around.
(In the original entry featuring Dreyfus, 1964's A Shot in the Dark, the hammy facial tic gets a bit of a hammering from Lom).
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The facial tics started when he was around ten.
He nursed oddly, she says, could not bond, had facial tics and later developed seizures.
"They have all sorts of facial tics and plenty of energy," he said.
Leonard begins experiencing spasms and facial tics whenever he is under extreme stress.
Ms. Lemons also noted that older antipsychotic medicines also have severe side effects, including a tendency to cause facial tics.
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