vellication
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vellication
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From vellicate + -ion.
noun vellications
- An instance of tickling or minor irritation. Where irritation coincides with sensation to produce the same catenations of motion, as in inflammatory fevers, they are excited with still greater energy than by the irritation alone. So when children expect to be tickled in play, by a feather lightly passed over the lips, or by gently vellicating
- A spasm or twitch. Dear Madam, I think it long ſince I wrote, and ſometimes venture to hope that you think it long too. The intermiſſion has been filled with ſpaſms, opiates, ſleepleſs nights, and heavy days. Theſe vellications or my breaſt ſhorten my breath; whether they will much ſhorten my life I know not, but I ha
Talk about this word "vellication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vellication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vellication. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vellication "vellication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vellication.Cite this
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title = {vellication},
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