Parkinson's syndrome

noun

a complex of symptoms indistinguishable from Parkinson's disease, commonly affecting boxers or sometimes occurring as a result of substance abuse or an encephalitic infection.

Origin of Parkinson's syndrome

First recorded in 1950–55; see origin at Parkinson's disease

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parkinson's syndrome in Medicine

Parkinson's syndrome

n.

Parkinsonism

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