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PARKINSON'S
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
Synonyms:
paralysis agitans; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinsonism; shaking palsy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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:
Certain allelic variants of the NOS1 gene are associated with susceptibility to either infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis or Parkinson's disease.
(NOS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder that results primarily from the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.
(Parkinson's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Examples of neurodegenerative disorders include Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
(Neurodegenerative disorder, NCI Dictionary)
Development and Testing of the Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale.
(Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale test code.
(CDISC Questionnaire MDS-UPDRS Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Test names 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 Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers have created better biosensor technology using a newly developed instrument that may lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and other neurological disorders.
(Better biosensor technology created for stem cells, National Science Foundation)
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) It has been difficult to adjust to the changes which have taken place in my body.
(PDQUALIF - Difficulty in Adjusting to Change, NCI Thesaurus)
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) Asking others for help is difficult for me.
(PDQUALIF - Difficulty in Asking for Help, NCI Thesaurus)
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, my Parkinson's symptoms have interfered with my driving ability.
(PDQUALIF - Driving in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)
