Svensk definition
Störningar kännetecknade av återkommande tick som kan störa tal och andra aktiviteter. Tick är plötsliga, snabba, orytmiska, stereotypa motoriska rörelser eller vokaliseringar som kan förstärkas av stress och som i allmänhet dämpas under utförande av uppslukande aktiviteter. Tickrubbningar särskiljs från tillstånd som präglar andra typer av onormala rörelser som kan förekomma vid andra tillstånd.
Engelsk definition
Disorders characterized by recurrent TICS that may interfere with speech and other activities. Tics are sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations which may be exacerbated by stress and are generally attenuated during absorbing activities. Tic disorders are distinguished from conditions which feature other types of abnormal movements that may accompany another another condition. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Svenska synonymer
Kroniska motoriska eller vokala tics — Posttraumatiska tics
Engelska synonymer
Tic Disorder — Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder — Tic Disorder, Chronic Motor or Vocal — Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder, Chronic — Transient Tic Disorder — Tic Disorders, Transient — Transient Tic Disorders — Tic Disorder, Transient — Post-Traumatic Tic Disorder — Post Traumatic Tic Disorder — Post-Traumatic Tic Disorders — Tic Disorders, Post-Traumatic — Tic Disorder, Post-Traumatic — Tic Disorder, Post Traumatic — Tic Disorders, Vocal — Tic Disorder, Vocal — Vocal Tic Disorder — Vocal Tic Disorders — Childhood Tic Disorders — Childhood Tic Disorder — Tic Disorder, Childhood — Tic Disorders, Childhood — Motor Tic Disorders — Motor Tic Disorder — Tic Disorder, Motor — Tic Disorders, Motor