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Definition of Tremor

1. Noun. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).

2. Verb. Shake with seismic vibrations. "The earth was quaking"

3. Noun. A small earthquake.

4. Noun. Shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease).

Definition of Tremor

1. n. A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

Definition of Tremor

1. Noun. A shake, quiver, or vibration. ¹

2. Noun. An earthquake. ¹

3. Verb. To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tremor

1. a shaking movement [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tremor

1. An involuntary trembling or quivering. Origin: L., from tremere = to shake (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremor

tremex tremie tremies tremissis tremogram tremograph tremolabile tremolando tremolandos tremolite

tremolites tremolitic tremolo tremolos tremophobia tremor (current term) tremor artuum tremor opiophagorum tremor potatorum tremor tendinum

tremored tremorgram tremorine tremoring tremorlike tremorous tremors tremostable tremour tremours

Literary usage of Tremor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"OTHER FORMS OP tremor Simple tremor.—This is occasionally found in ... Hereditary tremor. —CL Dana has reported remarkable cases of hereditary tremor. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"In the present instance the patient exhibited tremor, twice, ... The tremor involved the right arm and leg, was continuous while the patient was awake, ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"This tremor began simultaneously in both hands, but it was more marked in the left ... The tremor incapacitated him from occupations where fine movement was ..."

4. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"Volcanic tremor reduced displacement versus lava- fountain height. The solid line represents a linear regression fit to the ..."

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