▪ I. Parkinsonism1 Med.
(ˈpɑːkɪnsənɪz(ə)m)
Also parkinsonism.
[f. Parkinson1 + -ism.]
a. The group of symptoms seen esp. in Parkinson's disease, but occurring also in other cerebral disorders. b. = Parkinson's disease.
| 1923 Brain XLVI. 268 Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism is usually due to degeneration of the substantia nigra. 1949 Lancet 12 Feb. 258/1 A patient with advanced parkinsonism..was bedridden owing to extreme rigidity. 1954 H. H. Morritt in L. J. Doshay Parkinsonism & its Treatment i. 3 Two striking characteristics of the symptoms of parkinsonism are their relationship to emotional tension and their disappearance in sleep. 1966 Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxiv. 1292/2 Tremor and rigidity may develop in other diseases, and it is usual to refer to this syndrome as Parkinsonism. Postencephalitic Parkinsonism..is the most familiar example of this disability; it also occurs in chronic manganese poisoning and in patients who have survived severe carbon monoxide or nitrous oxide intoxication. 1970 Times 29 Apr. 2/3 There are about 60,000 sufferers from Parkinsonism in England and Wales. 1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 110 If you can catch Parkinsonism in the early stages treatment nowadays can do a lot to help the patient. |
▪ II. Parkinsonism2
see under Parkinson2.