Parkinson's disease
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noun \ˈpär-kən-sənz-\Definition of PARKINSON'S DISEASE
: a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopamine production in the substantia nigra and is marked especially by tremor of resting muscles, rigidity, slowness of movement, impaired balance, and a shuffling gait —called also paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's syndrome
See Origin of PARKINSON'S DISEASE
James Parkinson †1824 English physician
First Known Use: 1877
Rhymes with PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Par·kin·son's disease
noun \ˈpär-kən-sənz-\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PARKINSON'S DISEASE
: a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopamine production in the substantia nigra and is marked especially by tremor of resting muscles, rigidity, slowness of movement, impaired balance, and a shuffling gait—called also paralysis agitans, parkinsonian syndrome, parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's syndrome
Variants of PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Par·kin·son's disease also Par·kin·son disease \-sən-\
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