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shaking palsy

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shak·ing palsy (shkng)

shaking palsy
n
(Medicine / Pathology) another name for Parkinson's disease
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Noun1.shaking palsy - a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
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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PARKINSON'S DISEASE NO LONGER INCURABLE--Parkinsonism, or shaking palsy, is no longer a hopeless, progressive, incurable disease.
He described the symptoms of the condition in his Essay on the Shaking Palsy, published in 1817.
About Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's Disease (PD), which was first described by James Parkinson in 1817 as "the shaking palsy," is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, affecting the brain cells responsible for production of dopamine.
 
 
 
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