noun
a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
• Syn: ↑paralysis agitans, ↑Parkinsonism, ↑Parkinson's disease, ↑Parkinson's, ↑shaking palsy
• Hypernyms: ↑brain disorder, ↑encephalopathy, ↑brain disease, ↑degenerative disorder
• Part Meronyms: ↑tremor
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nounUsage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: after James Parkinson
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a complex of symptoms indistinguishable from parkinsonism, commonly affecting boxers or sometimes occurring as a result of substance abuse or an encephalitic infection.
[1950-55; see PARKINSONISM]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.