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paralysis agitans

/ ˈæɪˌæԳ /

noun

  1. another name for Parkinson's disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Parkinson suggested the name 'paralysis agitans' but it was "Parkinson's disease" that stuck, a name suggested by neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot after Parkinson's death.

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The most common type of involuntary tremor is that seen in paralysis agitans to which a special chapter is devoted.

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Sometimes, presumably when the context required more formality, The Times used the medical term for the illness, “paralysis agitans” — for example, in a report about Civil War pensions published April 2, 1894.

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You seem perturbed, anxious, with slight symptoms of paralysis agitans.

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The only nervous affections with which it could possibly be confounded are chorea and paralysis agitans.

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