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Parkinsonise

Parkinsonise verb: to cause (a person or animal) to exhibit signs and symptoms of Parkinsonism, especially as an extrapyramidal side effect from antipsychotic medications.

Verb

Parkinsonise (third-person singular simple present Parkinsonises, present participle Parkinsonising, simple past and past participle Parkinsonised)

  1. (participle, past, usually) To cause (a person or animal) to exhibit signs and symptoms of Parkinsonism, especially as an extrapyramidal side effect from antipsychotic medications.

Forms of Parkinsonise

third-person singular presentParkinsonises
present participleParkinsonising
past participleParkinsonised
pastParkinsonised
alternative formParkinsonize

Origin of Parkinsonise

From Parkinson + -ise.

Questions about Parkinsonise

What does Parkinsonise mean?
Parkinsonise means to cause (a person or animal) to exhibit signs and symptoms of Parkinsonism, especially as an extrapyramidal side effect from antipsychotic medications.
What part of speech is Parkinsonise?
Parkinsonise is a verb.
What is the past tense of Parkinsonise?
The past tense of Parkinsonise is Parkinsonised.

Words near Parkinsonise in the dictionary

  1. Parkinson-plus syndrome
  2. Parkinson-plus syndromes
  3. parkinsonian
  4. parkinsonians
  5. parkinsonic
  6. Parkinsonise
  7. parkinsonism
  8. parkinsonisms
  9. parkinsonite
  10. parkinsonogenic
  11. parkinsonoid

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