CANINE LAUGH
\kˈe͡ɪna͡ɪn lˈaf], \kˈeɪnaɪn lˈaf], \k_ˈeɪ_n_aɪ_n l_ˈa_f]\
Definitions of CANINE LAUGH
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A sort of laugh, the facial expression of which is produced particularly by the spasmodic contraction of the Caninus muscle. Probably, this expression, as well as Cynic Spasm, Spasmus cani'nus seu cyn'icus, Convul'sio cani'na, Trismus cyn'icus, may have originated in the resemblance of the affection to certain movements in the upper lip of the dog. The Risus Sardon'icus is said to have been so called from similar symptoms having been induced by a kind of Ranunculus-R. scelera'tus-that grows in Sardinia.
By Robley Dunglison
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