Parkinson'snoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpɑː.kɪn.sənz/us/ˈpɑːr.kɪn.sənz/also Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, /ˈpɑː.kɪn.sən.ɪ.zəm//ˈpɑːr-/a disease of the nervous system that makes the muscles become stiff and the body shake, and gradually gets worse as a person gets older
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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