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parkinsonism

parkinsonism noun: a neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.

Noun (1)

parkinsonism (countable and uncountable, plural parkinsonisms)

  1. A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.
    • In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 2144
    • However, it is important for the clinician to consider alternative diagnoses, particularly treatable, potentially reversible syndromes such as drug-induced parkinsonism, hydrocephalus and other structural abnormalities, Wilson's disease, and some forms of toxic, metabolic, and infectious...2011, Carlo Colosimo, David E. Riley, Gregor K. Wenning, Handbook of Atypical Parkinsonism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112

Noun (2) capitalized: Parkinsonism

Parkinsonism (countable and uncountable, plural Parkinsonisms)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of parkinsonism.
    • […] a famous case, in the 1890s, in which the development of a one-sided Parkinsonism was correlated with the growth of a tuberculoma of one cerebral peduncle […]1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Synonyms of parkinsonism

Forms of parkinsonism

pluralparkinsonisms
alternative formParkinsonism
pluralParkinsonisms

Origin of parkinsonism

From Parkinson + -ism.

Words formed from parkinsonism

Questions about parkinsonism

What does parkinsonism mean?
Parkinsonism means a neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.
What part of speech is parkinsonism?
Parkinsonism is a noun.
What is the plural of parkinsonism?
The plural of parkinsonism is parkinsonisms.

Words near parkinsonism in the dictionary

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

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