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VOLITIONAL TREMOR

\vəlˈɪʃənə͡l tɹˈɛmə], \vəlˈɪʃənə‍l tɹˈɛmə], \v_ə_l_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_əl t_ɹ_ˈɛ_m_ə]\

Definitions of VOLITIONAL TREMOR

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One which can be arrested by a strong effort of the will.
A tremor excited by an attempt at voluntary movement.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

trembling of entire body during voluntary effort: seen in multiple sclerosis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Trembling of the limbs or of the entire body when a voluntary effort is made. It occurs in connection with multiple sclerosis and other nervous diseases. [Lat.].

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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