Habitual, repeated, rapid contraction of certain muscles, resulting in stereotyped individualized actions that can be voluntarily suppressed for only brief periods. They often involve the face, vocal cords, neck, and less often the extremities. Examples include repetitive throat clearing, vocalizations, sniffing, pursing the lips, and excessive blinking. Tics tend to be aggravated by emotional stress. When frequent they may interfere with speech and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. Conditions which feature frequent and prominent tics as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as TIC DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp109-10)
Habitual, repeated, rapid contraction of certain muscles, resulting in stereotyped individualized actions that can be voluntarily suppressed for only brief periods. They often involve the face, vocal cords, neck, and less often the extremities. Examples include repetitive throat clearing, vocalizations, sniffing, pursing the lips, and excessive blinking. Tics tend to be aggravated by emotional stress. When frequent they may interfere with speech and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. Conditions which feature frequent and prominent tics as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as TIC DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp109-10)
Here are entered works on the clothing worn by clergy in daily life and on the street. Works on the distinctive attire and insignia worn by clergy and their assistants when performing liturgical and other services of the church are entered under Church vestments
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Habit -- Congresses : Substance abuse, habitual behavior, and self-control / edited by Peter K. Levison
Here are entered works on involuntary, sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, movements or vocalizations. Works on intentional, repetitive, non-spasmodic behaviors that serve no constructive, socially acceptable purpose are entered under Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry)
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Hàbit de fumar. : Alcohol and tobacco : medical and sociological aspects of use, abuse and addiction / Otto-Michael Lesch [and more]
Here are entered works on the clothing worn by clergy in daily life and on the street. Works on the distinctive attire and insignia worn by clergy and their assistants when performing liturgical and other services of the church are entered under Church vestments
Habit in literature. : Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900 : Lived Environments, Practices of the Self / Sean O'Toole, Assistant Professor of English, Baruch College, USA
Habitual, repeated, rapid contraction of certain muscles, resulting in stereotyped individualized actions that can be voluntarily suppressed for only brief periods. They often involve the face, vocal cords, neck, and less often the extremities. Examples include repetitive throat clearing, vocalizations, sniffing, pursing the lips, and excessive blinking. Tics tend to be aggravated by emotional stress. When frequent they may interfere with speech and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. Conditions which feature frequent and prominent tics as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as TIC DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp109-10)
Here are entered works on the study of processes occurring in outer space that are relevant to biology, especially the origin and evolution of life. Works on the biology of humans or other earth life while in outer space are entered under Space biology. Works on life indigenous to outer space are entered under Life on other planets. Works on the prospective use of the science of anthropology in dealing with intelligent beings in outer space, or establishing earth colonies on extraterrestrial bodies, are entered under Extraterrestrial anthropology
Habitants et marchands de Montréal au XVIIe siècle Dechêne, Louise, 1928-2000 : Habitants et marchands, vingt ans après : lectures de l'histoire des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles canadiens / sous la direction de Sylvie Dépatie [and others] = Habitants et marchands, twenty years later : reading the history of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Canada / edited by Sylvie Dépatie [and others]
A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)