pill-rolling tremor
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Related to pill-rolling tremor: cogwheel rigidity, Benign essential tremor, action tremor, rest tremor
pill-·roll·ing trem·or
resting tremor of the thumb and fingers seen in Parkinson disease.
pill-rolling tremor
See parkinsonian tremor.
pill-roll·ing trem·or
(pil'rōl-ing trem'ŏr)A rhythmic circular movement of the opposed tips of the thumb and index finger, a form of tremor noted in parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, and other extrapyramidal syndromes.