form of paralysis, 1877, from French maladie de Parkinson (1876), named for English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824), who described it (1817) under the names shaking palsy and paralysis agitans.
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Definitions of Parkinson's disease from WordNet
Parkinson's disease (n.)
a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination;
