noun
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a sudden, convulsive, involuntary muscular contraction; spasm.
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a kind of epilepsy characterised by sudden, involuntary muscular contraction.
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the condition or fact of being motionless; stillness.
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the feeling aroused by something unusual or unexpected; wonder; surprise.
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the fact or condition of being bewildered; bewilderment.
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a state of alarm or dread; fear.