: a neurological disorder resembling Parkinson's disease
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThose cognitive symptoms develop within one year of parkinsonism, or the types of movement changes seen in Parkinson’s disease. Evan Macdonald, cleveland, 29 July 2021 Working in cultures of brain cells, the scientists corrected a protein imbalance that causes frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism. Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018 Espay has written a paper questioning whether most parkinsonism is related to vascular disease. Carla K. Johnson, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2017
Word History
First Known Use
1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
parkinsonism
noun
par·kin·son·ism ˈpär-kən-sə-ˌniz-əm
variants or Parkinsonism
1
: parkinson's disease
2
: any of several neurological disorders that are characterized by symptoms (such as muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, and impaired balance) similar to those of Parkinson's disease but have an attributable cause (such as drugs, toxins, brain injury, infection, or neurodegenerative disease) resulting in low levels or blocked activity of dopamine
called alsoparkinsonian syndrome, Parkinson's syndrome