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Parkinson's disease

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability. uncountable
  2. 2
    a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination wordnet

Etymology

Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824).

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