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jactation

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jac⋅ta⋅tion

  [jak-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. boasting; bragging.
2. Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.
Origin:
1570–80; < L jactātiōn- (s. of jactātiō) bragging, equiv. to jactāt(us) (ptp. of jactāre, freq. of jacere to throw) + -iōn- -ion
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jactation

noun
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness [syn: jactitation] 
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