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PARKINSON'S DISEASE
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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 disease" 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 disease"):
tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))
Context examples:
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of Parkinson's disease.
(MIR433 wt Allele, 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)
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles; these movements may develop as a symptom of a number of neurological diseases including epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
(Myoclonic jerk, NCI Thesaurus)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder.
(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Researchers at King's College London have discovered new mechanisms of cell death, which may be involved in debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Nerve diseases cause many movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.
(Movement Disorders, NIH)
The RAGE gene is associated with a number of neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, and vasculitic neuropathy.
(MOK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Individuals who are poor metabolizers of cytochrome P450 2D6 substrates are at increased risk for the development of pesticide-induced somatic Parkinson's disease.
(CYP2D6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Poor sense of smell is likely an important health marker in older adults beyond what we have already known about (i.e., connections with dementia, Parkinson's disease, poor nutrition, and safety hazards).
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Test names 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 Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
