jactitation

[ jak-ti-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. Law. a false boast or claim that causes injury to another.
2. Pathology. jactation ( def 2 ).

jactitation

/ ˌdʒæktɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of boasting
2. a false boast or claim that tends to harm another person, esp a false assertion that one is married to another, formerly actionable at law
3. Also calledjactation pathol restless tossing in bed, characteristic of severe fevers and certain mental disorders

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactitation¹

1625–35; < Medieval Latin jactitātiōn- (stem of jactitātiō ) tossing, equivalent to Latin jactitāt ( us ) (past participle of jactitāre, frequentative of jactāre to throw about; jactation ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactitation¹

C17: from Medieval Latin jactitātiō, from Latin jacitāre to utter publicly, from jactitāre to toss about; see jactation

Example Sentences

In this condition I have often found a pill containing a small quantity each of opium and camphor, frequently repeated, to answer an admirable purpose, not only in procuring for the patient the needed repose, but also in diminishing the restlessness, jactitation, and subsultus tendinum.

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I do not limit the use of opiates in the hot stage to old and infirm subjects, as Dickson suggests, but give them in all cases where vomiting, headache, or other neuralgias are excessive, or where unusual restlessness and jactitation are present.

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Incessant vomiting, delirium, and jactitation also occur.

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Dec. 14th, fresh rose spots; tongue brown and dry; three stools; much jactitation.

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If the type be malignant, delirium, jactitation, profound stupor, and convulsions frequently occur on the first and second days; and they are symptoms which properly excite the utmost alarm and demand all the resources of our art, since they indicate a form of the disease which is apt to end in speedy death.

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