- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinson's disease 1877, from Fr. maladie de Parkinson (1876), named for English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824), who described it (1817) under the names shaking palsy and paralysis agitans.
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Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s redirects here. For other uses, see Parkinson s (disambiguation). Parkinson s disease Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s Parkinson s, Parkinson s disease Parkinson s diseaseprop. n. A disease causing {parkinsonism}, a degenerative nervous disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for parkinsonism. More precisely, parkinson s disease is the term for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parkinson's disease — ► NOUN ▪ a progressive disease of the brain and nervous system marked by involuntary trembling, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement. DERIVATIVES Parkinsonism noun. ORIGIN named after the English surgeon James Parkinson (1755 1824) … English terms dictionary
Parkinson's disease — [pär′kin sənz] n. [after James Parkinson (1755 1824), Eng physician] a degenerative disease of later life, characterized by a rhythmic tremor and muscular rigidity, caused by degeneration in the basal ganglia of the brain … English World dictionary
Parkinson's Disease — James Parkinson (1755 1824) was an English surgeon who first described the condition in a paper published in 1817, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. The disease is known as shaking palsy or paralysis agitans, a literal translation of the Latin.… … Dictionary of eponyms
Parkinson's disease — Par|kin|son s dis|ease [ parkınsənz dı,ziz ] noun uncount a serious illness that affects your nerves and makes you shake and move slowly. It mainly affects older people. Parkinson s disease is often simply called Parkinson s … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Parkinson's disease — UK [ˈpɑː(r)kɪnsənz dɪˌziːz] / US [ˈpɑrkɪnsənz dɪˌzɪz] noun [uncountable] medical a serious illness that affects your nerves and makes you shake and move slowly. It mainly affects older people. Parkinson s disease is often simply called Parkinson… … English dictionary
Parkinson's disease — Palsy Pal sy, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. One sick of the palsy. Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster] {Bell s palsy},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parkinson's disease and hallucinations — The eponym Parkinson s disease refers to the British physician James Parkinson (1755 1824), who has been credited with being the first to describe the concomitant disease in 1817. The eponym itself was coined during the 1870s by the French… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK — The Parkinson’s Disease Society of the UK is a British medical research charity dedicated to the curing of Parkinson s disease.ee also* Parkinson s diseaseExternal links* [http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/ Official site] … Wikipedia
