essential tremor
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- noun
- /ɪˈsɛnʃəl ˈtrɛmər/
- Specialized
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temblor esencial
- Living with essential tremor means that even simple tasks can become challenging due to the rhythmic shaking of the hands.
- condition known as essential tremor
We're using that to treat essential tremor or Parkinson's disease.
- We're using that to treat essential tremor or Parkinson's disease.
- Meanwhile, because there are many, many millions of people suffering from depression, eating disorders, Parkinson's and essential tremor, etcetera.
Examples
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First they thought it was essential tremor, then Wilson's disease, then Huntington's.
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We're using that to treat essential tremor or Parkinson's disease.
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Funny, when I was younger, I wanted to be a surgeon for the longest time until I developed an essential tremor, which killed that dream.
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Meanwhile, because there are many, many millions of people suffering from depression, eating disorders, Parkinson's and essential tremor, etcetera.
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Spencer has struggled with a chronic condition called essential tremor, which causes her hands to shake uncontrollably.
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My husband has essential tremor, a condition that causes his hands to tremble, making it difficult for him to hold a cup steady.
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Morphology
The head noun 'tremor' clearly signals involuntary shaking, so a learner who knows both words would likely infer this phrase refers to a kind of shaking. However, 'essential' here is a medical sense (≈primary/of unknown cause) rather than the common B1 meaning 'necessary' or 'fundamental', so the precise clinical implication is not predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The medical name essential tremor uses essential in an older medical sense and does not mean 'necessary' but 'the main problem', while tremor means 'shaking'. So the name gives a simple picture: a shaking that is itself the main problem, not caused by another illness, and it often affects the hands or head.