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Parkinson's disease   Listen
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Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's  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 underlying physiological disorder and parkinsonism is the term for the set of symptoms associated with the disease. See parkinsonism.
Synonyms: paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease syndrome, shaking palsy. "Parkinson's disease is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of disorders that are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells." "According to the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF), 1 million Americans including former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and television and film star Michael J. Fox are affected by Parkinson's disease."






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"Parkinson's disease" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lem, "I hain't afeard of him, that's so. For the life of me, I can't help likin' him, though he does things that I wouldn't do for all the power in Christendom. Here's Jedge Parkinson's house." ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... identify these three sorts of Ginger, though Gerarde says: "Ginger groweth in Spaine, Barbary, in the Canary Islands, and the Azores," p.6. Only two sorts of Ginger are mentioned in Parkinson's Herbal, p.1613. 'Ginger grows in China, and is cultivated there.' ...
— Early English Meals and Manners • Various

... intercept the mail and take out letters from certain parties in Pittsburghh, containing expressions of disapproval of their proceedings. The writers of these letters they caused to be banished. They next held meetings on Braddock's Field and at Parkinson's Ferry, at which the determination to resist the laws by force ...
— Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing

... Parkinson's fault. It was he who recommended Marcus to me. I shall never speak to that man again. (To his wife) Mary, if the Parkinsons call, you are out; ...
— First Plays • A. A. Milne



Words linked to "Parkinson's disease" :   Parkinsonism, brain disease, Parkinson's, tremor, paralysis agitans, degenerative disorder



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