parkinsonian
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- adjective
- /ˌpɑrkɪnˈsoʊniən/
- Specialized
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parkinsoniano
- She exhibited Parkinsonian characteristics, such as rigid muscles and slow movements, which affected her daily activities.
- parkinsonian tremor
- parkinsonian patients
He has Parkinson ISM, he has Parkinsonian features.
- He has Parkinson ISM, he has Parkinsonian features.
Examples
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Imagine you accelerated a Parkinsonian hand tremor to the point of immobility in the...
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When he was developing his Parkinsonian tremors, I ordered blood tests and was shocked to see his blood results showing almost a zero DHA level on his fatty acid test, in spite of adequate ALA consumption from nuts and seeds eaten daily.
Blog text (30) -
With our development of the drug L-dopa, we can, for the first time, promise the Parkinsonian patient a more normal life.
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A hundred years would pass before modern neuropathology would even allow us to actually locate the damage in the Parkinsonian brain.
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Do you think a Parkinsonian tremor taken to its extreme, would appear as no tremor at all?
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He has Parkinson ISM, he has Parkinsonian features.
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Do you think it's possible that simple Parkinsonian tremor, taken to its furthest extreme, could appear as no tremor at all?
Fiction book (1990) -
Fingers clutch a silver frame and twitch out weird Parkinsonian rhythms.
Fiction book (1996) -
Suppose there's a patient with Parkinsonian compulsions accelerated: The hand tremor, the head bobbing, ticking, quickening of speech.
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His Parkinsonian symptoms included a noticeable tremor in his hands when he tried to write.
Synonyms
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Having muscles that shake or cannot move
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
parkinsonian = Parkinson (semi-transparent) = Parkinson + ian
The suffix '-ian' indicates relating to or characteristic of Parkinson's disease, but requires specific knowledge of the disease.
Etymology
The word parkinsonian comes from the name Parkinson, a doctor who first described the illness now called 'Parkinson's disease'. So parkinsonian describes 'shaking' and 'slow movement' signs that are like that disease.