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▪ I. Parkinsonism1 Med.|ˈpɑːkɪnsənɪz(ə)m|
Also parkinsonism.
[f. Parkinson1 + -ism.]
a. The group of symptoms seen esp. in Parkinson's disease, but occurring also in other cerebral disorders.
b. = Parkinson's disease.
1923Brain XLVI. 268 Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism is usually due to degeneration of the substantia nigra. 1949Lancet 12 Feb. 258/1 A patient with advanced parkinsonism..was bedridden owing to extreme rigidity. 1954H. H. Morritt in L. J. Doshay Parkinsonism & its Treatment i. 3 Two striking characteristics of the symptoms of parkinsonism are their relationship to emotional tension and their disappearance in sleep. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxiv. 1292/2 Tremor and rigidity may develop in other diseases, and it is usual to refer to this syndrome as Parkinsonism. Postencephalitic Parkinsonism..is the most familiar example of this disability; it also occurs in chronic manganese poisoning and in patients who have survived severe carbon monoxide or nitrous oxide intoxication. 1970Times 29 Apr. 2/3 There are about 60,000 sufferers from Parkinsonism in England and Wales. 1974E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 110 If you can catch Parkinsonism in the early stages treatment nowadays can do a lot to help the patient.
▪ II. Parkinsonism2
see under Parkinson2. |