Parkinson

  • 71Parkinson-Syndrom — Pạr|kin|son|syn|drom auch: Pạr|kin|son Syn|drom 〈n. 11; unz.; Med.〉 = parkinsonsche Krankheit * * * Parkinson Syndrom,   Parkinson Krankheit.   Hier finden Sie in Überblicksartikeln weiterführende Informationen:   Gehirn: Basalganglien,… …

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  • 72Parkinson's Disease —    James Parkinson (1755 1824) was an English surgeon who first described the condition in a paper published in 1817, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. The disease is known as shaking palsy or paralysis agitans, a literal translation of the Latin.… …

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  • 73Parkinson's syndrome — noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination • Syn: ↑paralysis agitans, ↑Parkinsonism, ↑Parkinson s disease, ↑Parkinson s, ↑shaking palsy • Hypernyms: ↑brain disorder, ↑ …

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  • 74Parkinson's Petrel — Taxobox name = Parkinson s Petrel status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae genus = Procellaria species = P. parkinsoni binomial = Procellaria… …

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  • 75Parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. Also, Parkinson s Law. [1950 55; after C. N. PARKINSON] * * * …

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  • 76Parkinson's disease — Par·kin·son s disease pär kən sənz also Par·kin·son disease sən n a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopamine production in the substantia nigra and is marked esp. by tremor of resting… …

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  • 77Parkinson's disease — Par|kin|son s dis|ease [ˈpa:kınsənz dıˌzi:z US ˈpa:r ] n also Parkinson s [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: James Parkinson (1755 1824), British doctor] a serious illness in which your muscles become very weak and your arms and legs shake …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 78Parkinson's disease — Par|kin|son s dis|ease [ parkınsənz dı,ziz ] noun uncount a serious illness that affects your nerves and makes you shake and move slowly. It mainly affects older people. Parkinson s disease is often simply called Parkinson s …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 79Parkinson's law — A principle formulated by the British political scientist C. Northcote Parkinson (Parkinson s Law, 1958) to the effect that ‘work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion’ …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 80Parkinson's Law —    C. Northcote Parkinson (1909 1993), Raffles Professor of History at the University of Malaya, expounded his satirical law in 1955 in the Economist. His collection of essays on bureaucratic overload promulgated in book form in 1957 made this… …

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