Meanings
nounParkinson's disease (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
Synonyms: paralysis agitans, Parkinson's
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
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nouna degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
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Origin
Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824).
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Arabic مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون
- مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون (maraḍ barkinsun)Parkinson's disease
Basque Parkinsonen gaixotasun
- Parkinsonen gaixotasunParkinson's disease
Bengali পারকিনসন রোগ
- পারকিনসন রোগ (parkinośon rōg)Parkinson's disease
Bulgarian бо̀лест на Па̀ркинсон
- бо̀лест на Па̀ркинсон (bòlest na Pàrkinson)Parkinson's disease
Catalan malaltia de Parkinson
- malaltia de ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Chinese Mandarin 帕金森病, 帕金森氏症
- 帕金森病 (Pàjīnsēnbìng)Parkinson's disease
- 帕金森氏症 (Pàjīnsēnshì zhèng)Parkinson's disease
- 帕金森綜合症 /帕金森综合症 (Pàjīnsēn zōngzézhèng)Parkinson's disease
- 柏金遜症 /柏金逊症 (Bǎijīnxùn zhèng)Parkinson's disease
Czech Parkinsonova nemoc
- Parkinsonova nemocParkinson's disease
Danish Parkinsons sygdom
- Parkinsons sygdomParkinson's disease
Dutch ziekte van Parkinson
- ziekte van ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Esperanto Parkinsona malsano
- Parkinsona malsanoParkinson's disease
Estonian Parkinsoni tõbi
- Parkinsoni tõbiParkinson's disease
Finnish Parkinsonin tauti
- Parkinsonin tautiParkinson's disease
French maladie de Parkinson
- maladie de ParkinsonParkinson's disease
German Parkinson-Krankheit
- Parkinson-KrankheitParkinson's disease
Greek νόσος του Πάρκινσον, πάρκινσον
- νόσος του Πάρκινσον (nósos tou Párkinson)Parkinson's disease
- πάρκινσον (párkinson)Parkinson's disease
Hebrew מחלת פרקינסון
- מחלת פרקינסון (makhalot parkinson)Parkinson's disease
Hindi पार्किंसन रोग
- पार्किंसन रोग (pārkinsan rog)Parkinson's disease
Hungarian Parkinson-kór
- Parkinson-kórParkinson's disease
Icelandic Parkinsons veiki
- Parkinsons veikiParkinson's disease
Indonesian penyakit Parkinson
- penyakit ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Irish galar Parkinson
- galar ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Italian malattia di Parkinson
- malattia di ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Japanese パーキンソン病
- パーキンソン病 (Pākinson-byō)Parkinson's disease
Korean 파킨슨병
- 파킨슨병 (Pakinseun-byeong)Parkinson's disease
Latvian Pārkinsona slimība
- Pārkinsona slimībaParkinson's disease
Lithuanian Parkinsono liga
- Parkinsono ligaParkinson's disease
Malay penyakit Parkinson
- penyakit ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Māori mate paiori
- mate paioriParkinson's disease
Norwegian Bokmål Parkinsons sykdom
- Parkinsons sykdomParkinson's disease
Persian بیماری پارکینسون
- بیماری پارکینسون (bimâri pârkinson)Parkinson's disease
Polish choroba Parkinsona
- choroba ParkinsonaParkinson's disease
Portuguese doença de Parkinson, mal de Parkinson
- doença de ParkinsonParkinson's disease
- mal de ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Punjabi ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ
- ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ (pārkinasan rog)Parkinson's disease
Romanian boala Parkinson
- boala ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Russian боле́знь Па́ркинсона, Па́ркинсон
- боле́знь Па́ркинсона (boléznʹ Párkinsona)Parkinson's disease
- Па́ркинсон (Párkinson)Parkinson's disease
Slovak Parkinsonova choroba
- Parkinsonova chorobaParkinson's disease
Spanish párkinson, enfermedad de Parkinson
- párkinsonParkinson's disease
- enfermedad de ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Swedish Parkinsons sjukdom
- Parkinsons sjukdomParkinson's disease
Tamil நடுக்குவாதம், பார்கின்சன் நோய்
- நடுக்குவாதம் (naṭukkuvātam)Parkinson's disease
- பார்கின்சன் நோய் (pārkiṉcaṉ nōy)Parkinson's disease
Thai โรคพาร์คินสัน
- โรคพาร์คินสัน (rôok-paa-kin-sǎn)Parkinson's disease
Turkish Parkinson hastalığı
- Parkinson hastalığıParkinson's disease
Ukrainian хворо́ба Па́ркінсона
- хворо́ба Па́ркінсона (xvoróba Párkinsona)Parkinson's disease
Vietnamese bệnh Parkinson
- bệnh ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Welsh clefyd Parkinson
- clefyd ParkinsonParkinson's disease
Yiddish פּאַרקינסאָן קראַנק
- פּאַרקינסאָן קראַנק (parkinson krank)Parkinson's disease
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APA
Parkinson's disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parkinson's%20disease
MLA
“Parkinson's disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parkinson's%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parkinson's disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parkinson's%20disease.
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