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myokymia
[ mahy-uh-kim-ee-uh ]
noun
Pathology.
- twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
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The most common type of eye twitch is a series of muscle contractions called eyelid myokymia, which produces involuntary and intermittent contractions of the eyelid, typically the lower one.
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Eyelid myokymia usually goes away on its own without medical intervention, the experts said.
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The study defined eye twitches, or chronic myokymia, as “fine, continuous, undulating contractions†across the muscle.
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