Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

English

Etymology

Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824).

Noun

Parkinson's disease (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.[1]

Synonyms

• Parkinson's (colloquial)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• antiparkinsonian
• parkinsonian
• parkinsonian facies
• parkinsonism

Translations

Parkinson's disease

Arabic: مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون‎ (ar) m (maraḍ barkinsun) Armenian: Պարկինսոնի հիվանդություն (hy) (Parkinsoni hivandutʿyun), պարկինսոնյան հիվանդություն (parkinsonyan hivandutʿyun), Պարկինսոն (Parkinson) Azerbaijani: Parkinson xəstəliyi Basque: Parkinsonen gaixotasun Belarusian: хваро́ба Паркінсо́на f (xvaróba Parkinsóna) Bengali: পারকিনসন রোগ (parôkinôsônô rog) Bulgarian: болест на Паркинсон f (bolest na Parkinson) Catalan: malaltia de Parkinson f Chinese: Mandarin: 帕金森病 (zh) (Pàjīnsēn bìng), 帕金森氏症 (Pàjīnsēnshì zhèng), 帕金森綜合症／帕金森综合症 (Pàjīnsēn zōngzézhèng), 柏金遜症／柏金逊症 (Bǎijīnxùn zhèng) Czech: Parkinsonova nemoc f Danish: Parkinsons sygdom c Dutch: ziekte van Parkinson (nl) f Esperanto: Parkinsona malsano Estonian: Parkinsoni tõbi Finnish: Parkinsonin tauti (fi) French: maladie de Parkinson (fr) f Galician: enfermedade de Parkinson f, párkinson Georgian: პარკინსონის დაავადება (ṗarḳinsonis daavadeba) German: Parkinson-Krankheit f Greek: νόσος του Πάρκινσον f (nósos tou Párkinson), πάρκινσον (el) n (párkinson) Hebrew: מחלת פרקינסון‎ m (makhalot parkinson) Hindi: पार्किंसन रोग (pārkinsan rog) Hungarian: Parkinson-kór (hu) Icelandic: Parkinsons veiki f Indonesian: penyakit Parkinson Irish: galar Parkinson m Italian: malattia di Parkinson f Japanese: パーキンソン病 (Pākinson-byō) Korean: 파킨슨병 (ko) (Pakinseun-byeong) Latvian: Pārkinsona slimība f Lithuanian: Parkinsono liga f Macedonian: Паркинсонова болест f (Parkinsonova bolest) Malay: penyakit Parkinson Malayalam: പാർക്കിൻസൺസ് രോഗം (pāṟkkiṉsaṇsŭ rōgaṃ) Marathi: लकवा m (lakvā) Norwegian: Bokmål: Parkinsons sykdom m Nynorsk: Parkinsons sjukdom m Persian: بیماری پارکینسون‎ (bimâri pârkinson) Polish: choroba Parkinsona (pl) f Portuguese: doença de Parkinson (pt) f, mal de Parkinson (pt) m Punjabi: ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ (pārkinasan rog) Romanian: boala Parkinson f Russian: боле́знь Па́ркинсона f (boléznʹ Párkinsona), Па́ркинсон (ru) m (Párkinson) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Паркинсонова болест f Roman: Parkinsonova bolest f Slovak: Parkinsonova choroba f Slovene: Parkinsonova bolezen f Spanish: enfermedad de Parkinson f Swedish: Parkinsons sjukdom c Tamil: நடுக்குவாதம் (ta) (naṭukkuvātam), பார்கின்சன் நோய் (pārkiṉcaṉ nōy) Thai: โรคพาร์คินสัน (rôok-paa-kin-sǎn) Turkish: Parkinson hastalığı Ukrainian: хворо́ба Па́ркінсона f (xvoróba Párkinsona) Vietnamese: bệnh Parkinson Welsh: clefyd Parkinson m Yiddish: פּאַרקינסאָן קראַנק‎ f (parkinson krank)

References

1. Jankovic J (April 2008). "Parkinson's disease: clinical features and diagnosis". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 79 (4): 368–76. pmid:18344392. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.131045.