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
It might very well be expected, then, that Frenkel's method in many cases would do good in paralysis agitans and it has proved to be another adjunct in the treatment of the affection.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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
The most common type of involuntary tremor is that seen in paralysis agitans to which a special chapter is devoted.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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