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physiological tremor

A person's head is shown with a glowing, pulsating effect emanating from their neck, symbolizing the physiological tremor, a low-amplitude, high-frequency involuntary oscillation.

A low-amplitude, high-frequency involuntary oscillation present in all human muscle movement. Typically invisible to the naked eye, this eight-to-twelve-hertz tremor becomes a violent shaking under a surgical microscope. Microsurgeons must undergo years of physical discipline and neurological conditioning to suppress this natural tremor, learning to isolate movement strictly to their fingertips.

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