jactitation (medicine)

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{{short description|Restless tossing in bed}}

In medicine, jactitation (sometimes jactation) is a restless tossing in bed, seen in severe fevers and certain mental disorders;{{Cite book |title=Collins English Dictionary |publisher=Collins |year=2009 |edition=10th}} or more generally a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body.{{Cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jactitation |title=Merriam-Webster |access-date=24 July 2019}} It derives ultimately from the Latin jactitare, to toss about.