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Parkinson's

Parkinson's is the ellipsis of Parkinson's disease.

Meaning of Parkinson's disease

Noun

Parkinson's disease (uncountable)

  1. A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.

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What is Parkinson's the ellipsis of?
Parkinson's is the ellipsis of Parkinson's disease.

Words near Parkinson's in the dictionary

  1. parking warden
  2. parking wardens
  3. parkings
  4. parkins
  5. Parkinson
  6. Parkinson's
  7. Parkinson's disease
  8. Parkinson's law
  9. Parkinson's mask
  10. Parkinson's masks
  11. Parkinson's syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Parkinson's (page history and authors); Parkinson's disease (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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