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JACTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jactation mean?
• JACTATION (noun)
The noun JACTATION has 1 sense:
1. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Familiarity information: JACTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
jactation; jactitation
Hypernyms ("jactation" is a kind of...):
queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness (inability to rest or relax or be still)
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
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