subsultus tendinum
/ˌsʌbˈsʌltəs ˈtɛndɪnəm/Medicine. Now chiefly historical or archaic
noun
Twitching of muscles (and their tendons), especially of the hands and wrist, seen especially in the late stages of typhoid and typhus fever; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher. From post-classical Latin subsultus tendinum (1674 or earlier; 1670 as tendinum subsultus (T. Willis Pathologiae Cerebri 273) from subsultus + tendinum, genitive plural of tendin-, tendo.
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