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paralysis agitans

British  
/ ˈædʒɪˌtænz /

noun

  1. another name for Parkinson's disease

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sir Henry Head, 79, famed British neurologist; of paralysis agitans; in Reading, England.

From Time Magazine Archive

His paralysis agitans involved his whole emaciated body in one miserable stammer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Patients suffering from paralysis agitans are prone to allow themselves to give up efforts to do things in which their interest would be aroused.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Movements, co-ordinate, in ataxia, 204. in paralysis agitans, 231. in paraplegia, 223. in spastic paralysis, 226.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

In a mild way paralysis agitans represents such a change in the central nervous system.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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