Parkinsons

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parkinson's \Parkinson's\, Parkinson's disease \Parkinson's
  disease\prop. n.
     A disease causing {parkinsonism}, a degenerative nervous
     disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for
     parkinsonism. More precisely, parkinson's disease is the term
     for the underlying physiological disorder and parkinsonism is


     the term for the set of symptoms associated with the disease.
     See {parkinsonism}.
  
     Syn: paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease
          syndrome, shaking palsy.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
                Parkinson's disease is the most common form of
                parkinsonism, a group of disorders that are the
                result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain
                cells.                              --Mayo Clinic
                                                    (Report, 1999)
          [PJC]
  
                According to the National Parkinson's Foundation
                (NPF), 1 million Americans -- including former
                heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, U.S.
                Attorney General Janet Reno, and television and
                film star Michael J. Fox -- are affected by
                Parkinson's disease.                --Mayo Clinic
                                                    (Report, 1999)
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Parkinson's
       n : a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system
           characterized by tremor and impaired muscular
           coordination [syn: {paralysis agitans}, {Parkinsonism}, {Parkinson's
           disease}, {Parkinson's syndrome}, {shaking palsy}]