paralysis agitans
Britishnoun
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His paralysis agitans involved his whole emaciated body in one miserable stammer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Henry Head, 79, famed British neurologist; of paralysis agitans; in Reading, England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let nobody suppose for a moment that this was a case of paralysis agitans, or St. Vitus' Dance.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
In the old days when malaria was a common diagnosis for many different conditions, paralysis agitans apparently followed malaria so often that there was thought to be some connection between the two diseases.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Chorea, neglected or improperly treated, or too frequently pursuing its natural course, degenerates into paralysis agitans.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
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