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An involuntary, purposeless movement of muscle, usually occurring under emotional stress. It is a survival in stereotyped form of a movement or muscle set once used voluntarily and purposefully.

A spasmodic twitching movement made involuntarily by muscles that are ordinarily under voluntary control. In dogs, the myoclonus associated with infection by distemper virus is sometimes called a tic or chorea.