parkinsonism
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See also: Parkinsonism
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]parkinsonism (countable and uncountable, plural parkinsonisms)
- (neurology, pathology) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.
- 2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 2144:
- In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.
- 2011, Carlo Colosimo, David E. Riley, Gregor K. Wenning, Handbook of Atypical Parkinsonism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112:
- However, it is important for the clinician to consider alternative diagnoses, particularly treatable, potentially reversible syndromes such as drug-induced parkinsonism, hydrocephalus and other structural abnormalities, Wilson's disease, and some forms of toxic, metabolic, and infectious parkinsonism.
- 2012, Brian K. Alldredge, Robin L. Corelli, Michael E. Ernst, Koda-Kimble and Young's Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1939:
- Can risperidone cause parkinsonism? What evidence suggests that J.R. has antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism?
Synonyms
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French parkinsonisme.
Noun
[edit]parkinsonism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of parkinsonism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) parkinsonism | parkinsonismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) parkinsonism | parkinsonismului |
vocative | parkinsonismule |
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