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tremor

Pronunciation:  'tremur

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
  2. [n]  a small earthquake
  3. [n]  shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
  4. [v]  shake with seismic vibrations, as of planets; "The earth was quaking"
 
 Synonyms: earth tremor, microseism, quake, shudder
 
 See Also: aftershock, agitate, earthquake, essential tremor, foreshock, palpitation, paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, quake, quiver, quiver, quivering, quivering, seism, shake, shakiness, shaking, shaking palsy, temblor, trembling, vibration, vibration

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tre"mor\, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See
{Tremble}, v.]
A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory
motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or
old.

      He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.
                                               --Harvey.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: Involuntary trembling.
 



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