PARKINSON'S DISEASE


Meaning of PARKINSON'S DISEASE in English

■ noun a progressive disease of the brain and nervous system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement.

Derivatives

Parkinsonian adjective

Parkinsonism noun

Origin

C19: named after the English surgeon James Parkinson .

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