shaking palsy

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shak·ing palsy

(shā′kĭng)

Parkinson's disease.

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shaking palsy

(Pathology) another name for Parkinson's disease

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Noun

shaking palsy - a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome

tremor - shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function

brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy - any disorder or disease of the brain

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shak·ing palsy

, trembling palsy

n. parálisis agitante. V.: Parkinson's disease.

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Cutter remained flushed and wild-eyed as we had known her, but as the years passed she became afflicted with a shaking palsy which made her nervous nod continuous instead of occasional.

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The condition was at first described as the "shaking palsy" but then took its eponymous name when its causes and symptoms were investigated and described in detail in "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy", written by a Dr James Parkinson in 1817.