paralysis agitans
Britishnoun
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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.
From BBC
Frenkel has shown that it is applicable in paralysis agitans and markedly relieves the rigidity that is so annoying a symptom.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From New York Times
You seem perturbed, anxious, with slight symptoms of paralysis agitans.
From Project Gutenberg
The only nervous affections with which it could possibly be confounded are chorea and paralysis agitans.
From Project Gutenberg
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