paralysis agitans

/ ˈædʒɪˌtænz /

noun

1. another name for Parkinson's disease

Example Sentences

Parkinson suggested the name 'paralysis agitans' but it was "Parkinson's disease" that stuck, a name suggested by neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot after Parkinson's death.

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Frenkel has shown that it is applicable in paralysis agitans and markedly relieves the rigidity that is so annoying a symptom.

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Sometimes, presumably when the context required more formality, The Times used the medical term for the illness, “paralysis agitans” — for example, in a report about Civil War pensions published April 2, 1894.

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You seem perturbed, anxious, with slight symptoms of paralysis agitans.

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The only nervous affections with which it could possibly be confounded are chorea and paralysis agitans.

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