| EMEM | Eagle minimal essential medium |
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| EMR | educable mentally retarded; electromagnetic radiation; electronic medical record; emergency mechanic... |
| EPL | effective patient's life; equivalent path length; essential phospholipid; extensor pollicis longus; ... |
| ess | essential |
| HREH | high-renin essential hypertension |
| heredofamilial tremor | A benign tremor inherited as a dominant character; it may be a rapid oscillation resembling that seen in thyrotoxicosis, a coarse tremor during rest and inhibited by a voluntary effort, or one which appears only upon movement. Synonym: benign essential tremor, familial tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychogenic tremor | Usually a coarse, irregular tremor, limited to one limb. Synonym: psychogenic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile tremor | An essential tremor that becomes symptomatic in elderly adults. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical tremor | Usually a coarse, irregular tremor, limited to one limb. Synonym: psychogenic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| static tremor | Tremor present when the limbs or trunk are kept in certain positions and when they are moved actively, usually due to near-synchronous rhythmic bursts in opposing muscle groups. Synonym: static tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drug-induced tremor | <neurology, pharmacology> A drug-induced condition where there is shaking (tremor) of the extremities that is increased with purposeful movement. Drugs known to induce tremor include: theophylline, Alupent, cyclosporine, amphetamines, lithium and caffeine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intention tremor | <neurology> A tremor which arises or which is intensified when a voluntary, coordinated movement is attempted. (18 Nov 1997) |
| tremor | <clinical sign> An involuntary trembling or quivering. Origin: L., from tremere = to shake (19 Jan 1998) |
| tremor artuum | Trembling of the extremities, especially of the hands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tremor opiophagorum | A tremor occurring in opium addicts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tremor potatorum | A tremor occurring in the subjects of chronic alcoholism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tremor tendinum | A twitching of the tendons, especially noticeable at the wrist, occurring in low fevers. Synonym: subsultus clonus, tremor tendinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic tremor | <veterinary> A disease of very young chicks caused by a picornavirus and characterised by tremor, ataxia, somnolence, and finally death. Synonym: epidemic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| familial tremor | <neurology> A neurologic disorder that runs in families and manifests as tremor which typically increases with purposeful movements. Stimulant use can increase tremor. (27 Sep 1997) |
| kinetic tremor | <neurology> A tremor which arises or which is intensified when a voluntary, coordinated movement is attempted. (18 Nov 1997) |