2. Verb. (third-person singular of twitch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twitches
1. twitch [v] - See also: twitch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twitches
Literary usage of Twitches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electro-physiology by Wilhelm Biedermann (1898)
"Fick found, in the course of an experiment on the latent period of twitches with
increasing intensity of current, that the first (considerably reduced) ..."
2. The Essentials of Experimental Physiology: For the Use of Students by Thomas Gregor Brodie (1898)
"As the load was the same throughout the series of twitches, the total work
performed in the several cases is proportional to the heights of lift, ..."
3. An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus, Or Dropsy in the Brain. by John Cheyne (1808)
"The twitches, particularly of the left side, continue. ... He has convulsive
twitches about the eye; and his left hand and fingers are ..."
4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1863)
"... and that she was immediately seized wi'.h the convulsive twitches in all parts
of the body ; these had continued up to the time of her admission. ..."
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