jactatio
(jăk-tā′shē-ō )

[L., tossing]
Restless tossing of the head and body; seen in acute illness.
SYN: SEE: jactitation
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Jactatio." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763896/all/jactatio_capitis_nocturna.
Jactatio. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763896/all/jactatio_capitis_nocturna. Accessed April 11, 2025.
Jactatio. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763896/all/jactatio_capitis_nocturna
Jactatio [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763896/all/jactatio_capitis_nocturna.
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