PARKINSON'S

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parkinson's mean? 

• PARKINSON'S (noun)
  The noun PARKINSON'S has 1 sense:

1. a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

  Familiarity information: PARKINSON'S used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARKINSON'S (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

paralysis agitans; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinsonism; shaking palsy

Hypernyms ("Parkinson's" is a kind of...):

degenerative disorder (condition leading to progressive loss of function)

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

Meronyms (parts of "Parkinson's"):

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

 Context examples 

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the unified parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire UPDRS Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) I have difficulty with bladder control (frequency, urgency, inability).

(PDQUALIF - Bladder Control Difficulty, NCI Thesaurus)

Lewy body disease can be hard to diagnose, because Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease cause similar symptoms.

(Lewy Body Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

The Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire PDQUALIF Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The involvement of Parkin and alpha-synuclein mutations in genetic forms of Parkinson's suggests that failure of ubiquitination and protein degradation may be causative in other forms of Parkinson's.

(Parkinson's Disease Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the parkinson's disease quality of life scale (PDQUALIF) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire PDQUALIF Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire PDQUALIF Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of Parkinson's disease.

(MIR433 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Nerve diseases cause many movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.

(Movement Disorders, NIH)

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder.

(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)