vellication
/ˌvɛlɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
- A small, involuntary twitching or jerking movement, especially of a muscle.
- After the workout, he felt a strange vellication in his calf muscle.
- The vellication of the frog's leg showed that the nerve was still active.
- The doctor noted a slight vellication in the patient's eyelid.
- A tickling or prickling sensation on the skin.
- The vellication from the insect's legs made her brush it off quickly.
- The wool scarf caused a constant vellication on his neck.
- He enjoyed the gentle vellication of the breeze through his hair.