PARALYSIS AGITANS
\pəɹˈaləsˌɪs ˈad͡ʒɪtənz], \pəɹˈaləsˌɪs ˈadʒɪtənz], \p_ə_ɹ_ˈa_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_t_ə_n_z]\
Definitions of PARALYSIS AGITANS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
By Princeton University
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a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterized by a TREMOR that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary movements, and a masklike facial expression. Pathologic features include loss of melanin containing neurons in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei of the brainstem. LEWY BODIES are present in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but may also be found in a related condition (LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE) characterized by dementia in combination with varying degrees of parkinsonism. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1059, pp1067-75)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A variety of tremor, in which the muscles are in a perpetual alternation of contraction and relaxation.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A chronic nutritional disease of the central nervous system, characterized by muscular weakness, tremors, rigidity, a peculiar attitude (the head bent, the back bowed, the arms held away from the body and flexed), and festination of gait. There are no characteristic lesions.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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