What's the difference between jactation and jactitation?

Jactation


Definition:

  • (n.) A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

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Jactitation


Definition:

  • (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
  • (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) - In the second case of cerebral palsy and combined multiple sclerosis (detected post mortem), the combination of the severe damage of putamen and caudate nucleus by status marmoratus and the extensive nerve cell and fiber damage due to demyelinating foci in the substantia nigra are probably the substrate of the jactitation and intention myoclonus of the left limbs.

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