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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sar·don·ic laugh /sɑrˌdɑnɪk-/ 名詞
 痙笑

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sar·don·ic a.  Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
 Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
 And grief is forced to laugh against her will.   --Sir H. Wotton.
    The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian.   --Burke.
 Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.