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premonitory

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1. premonitory - Adjective

2. premonitory - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease.

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Because of the urges that precede them, tics are described as semi-voluntary or "unvoluntary", rather than specifically involuntary; they may be experienced as a voluntary, suppressible response to the unwanted premonitory urge. Source: Internet

Peter Weir 's 1977 Australian film The Last Wave makes a simple and straightforward postulate about the premonitory nature of dreams (from one of his Aboriginal characters) that ".. Source: Internet

Examples of the premonitory urge are the feeling of having something in one's throat, or a localized discomfort in the shoulders, leading to the need to clear one's throat or shrug the shoulders. Source: Internet

Some people with Tourette's may not be aware of the premonitory urge. Source: Internet

These tics characteristically wax and wane, can be suppressed temporarily, and are preceded by a premonitory urge. Source: Internet

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