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paralysis agitans

British  
/ ˈædʒɪˌtænz /

noun

  1. another name for Parkinson's disease

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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

Anyone who has much to do with cases of paralysis agitans, however, knows that they are extremely susceptible to mental influences.

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

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)

Frenkel has shown that it is applicable in paralysis agitans and markedly relieves the rigidity that is so annoying a symptom.

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