ESSENTIAL TREMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does essential tremor mean? 

• ESSENTIAL TREMOR (noun)
  The noun ESSENTIAL TREMOR has 1 sense:

1. tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control

  Familiarity information: ESSENTIAL TREMOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESSENTIAL TREMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("essential tremor" is a kind of...):

tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))