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• n  an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
• n  a small earthquake
• n  shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
• v  shake with seismic vibrations

• A little bit of current may calm the tremors of Parkinson's disease, ease depression and epilepsy, and awaken those with terrible injuries.
• Inspired by its success with Parkinson's and movement disorders like dystonia and essential tremor, Rezai and others have launched several trials studying the effect of DBS on a .
• The tremors emanating from Czechoslovakia's extraordinary wave of reform not only shook the country itself but spread through all of Eastern Europe.

• shudder
• earth tremor
• microseism
• quake

News & Articles

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• H: 97° | L: 73°
  LITTLE ROCK, AR - Three more earthquakes have shaken the Damascus area this week. The largest one is also the most recent. The 2.5 magnitude tremor struck at 6:54 this morning.
  June 12, 2013 - KARK Little Rock
• Quitting caffeine is now a mental health disorder
  There's a slight tremor in your hands followed by cold sweats. You snap when a coworker asks you a question, and your piercing headache makes you unable to send the simplest email. It’s only noon but you've given up on accomplishing anything at work.If you think this sounds like the description of an addict experiencing withdrawal, you’re right: caffeine withdrawal.The recently revised American ...
  June 11, 2013 - MSNBC
• Parkinson’s talk at Archbold
  Have you noticed a slight shaking or tremor in your finger, thumb, hand, chin or lip? Does your leg shake when you sit down or relax? Twitching or shaking of limbs is a common early sign of Parkinson’s disease, a progressive, chronic disorder of the nervous system.
  June 10, 2013 - Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Quotes

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• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Times of India
  Even though the tremor was quite strong, the magnitude was big, reports from district heads, from aerial monitoring that was done by the air force...... show that the damage can be said to be minimal,President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told...
• Kapil Sibal in Hindu
  Replying to queries on technology that could help give some kind of indications about quakes, Sibal said "at present there is no equipment available that can predict a tremor. We are investing in technology and may be 5 to 10 years down the line,...
• Jon Garland in Whittier Daily News
  Every time I feel a little tremor, I sit there and wonder if it will go on longer,Garland said. "I wonder if this one will be worse. When I moved into my first place in Chicago, I even thought about it. When a truck came by the place would...