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tic disorder

tic disorder A tic disorder involves repeated movements or sounds.

A tic disorder involves repeated movements or sounds. These tics can be sudden and brief, such as eye blinking, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, throat-clearing, sniffing, or grunting.

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