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A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

Crispatura,from crispare, crispatum, to wrinkle. A contraction or spasmodic constriction, which supervenes in certain parts, either spontaneously or by the influence of some morbific cause or therapeutical agent. The capillary vessels of a wound are, by the French, termed crispes, when, immediately, after an operation, the blood does not flow from them. The skin is said to be crispee,when contracted, and the bulbs of the hair become more prominent. Crispation of the nerves is a slight convulsive motion of external or internal parts, much less than that which occurs in convulsion.

A very feeble involuntary muscular quivering. [Lat.]

The act of curling; the state of being curled.