Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease noun: a chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
Noun
Parkinson's disease (uncountable)
- A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
- Synonyms:
- paralysis agitans, Parkinson's
Parkinson's disease meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Parkinson's disease in Hindi
- Parkinson's disease
- पार्किंसन रोग pārkinsan rog
Parkinson's disease in Tamil
- Parkinson's disease
- நடுக்குவாதம் naṭukkuvātam, பார்கின்சன் நோய் pārkiṉcaṉ nōy
Parkinson's disease in Marathi
- Parkinson's disease
- लकवा lakvā
Parkinson's disease in Bengali
- Parkinson's disease
- পারকিনসন রোগ parkinośon rōg
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- Parkinson's disease in Malayalam
- പാർക്കിൻസൺസ് രോഗം pāṟkkiṉsaṇsŭ rōgaṁ
- Parkinson's disease in Punjabi
- ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ pārkinasan rog
- Parkinson's disease in Arabic
- مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون maraḍ barkinsun
- Parkinson's disease in Malay
- penyakit Parkinson
- Parkinson's disease in Indonesian
- penyakit Parkinson
- Parkinson's disease in Persian
- بیماری پارکینسون bimâri pârkinson
- Parkinson's disease in Thai
- โรคพาร์คินสัน rôok-paa-kin-sǎn
- Parkinson's disease in Vietnamese
- bệnh Parkinson
Synonyms of Parkinson's disease
Origin of Parkinson's disease
Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824).
Words formed from Parkinson's disease
- antiparkinsonian
- parkinsonian
- parkinsonian facies
- parkinsonism
Questions about Parkinson's disease
- What does Parkinson's disease mean?
- Parkinson's disease means a chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
- What is Parkinson's disease in Hindi?
- Parkinson's disease in Hindi is पार्किंसन रोग (pārkinsan rog). See Parkinson's disease meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Parkinson's disease?
- Parkinson's disease is a noun.
Words near Parkinson's disease in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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