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Jitters
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jitters,
1 irregularities in ultrasound echo locations caused by mechanical or electronic disturbances.
2 a very uneasy, nervous feeling.

Jitters
An episode of performance anxiety preceding a public event, which may affect speakers, stage actors—hence the alternate, term ‘stage fright’—and soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics

jitters
'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics


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