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Definition of Jactation

1. Noun. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness.

Definition of Jactation

1. n. A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

Definition of Jactation

1. Noun. A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by ilness; jactitation. ¹

2. Noun. The action of throwing. ¹

3. Noun. Boasting; bragging; showing off. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jactation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jactation

1. A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. Origin: L. Jactatio, fr. Jactare: af. F. Jactation. See Jactancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Jactation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"In young subjects, irritative fever, like other forms of pyrexia, is usually remittent ; but its remissions are not always jactation, or JACTITATION ..."

2. Mental Pathology in Its Relation to Normal Psychology: A Course of Lectures by Gustav Störring (1907)
"... motor restlessness (jactation) sets in. If he is out of bed he runs to and fro in an entirely aimless fashion. When his anxiety becomes extremely ..."

3. The Occupational Diseases: Their Causation, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention by William Gilman Thompson (1914)
"There are crises of convulsions, violent shouting, loud weeping, violent jactation. fainting, and semi-coma. This form of attack particularly is induced by ..."

4. Northwestern Medical and Surgical Journal (1855)
"... were of rather a tetanic character, frequently causing loud complaints from the patient, with considerable jactation, and advancing the travail slowly. ..."

5. Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics: Being the Outlines of a Work by Caleb Hillier Parry (1825)
"The pulse became quicker, up to 130 in a minute; the tongue drier ; the skin more hot; the jactation greater, with some delirium; and the tension and ..."

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