Parkinson's disease

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Parkinson's disease

Where it comes from

Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824).

noun

uncountable A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
Similar: paralysis agitans, Parkinson's

Translations

Every language

noun Parkinson's disease

Español	párkinson, enfermedad de Parkinson
한국어	파킨슨병 Pakinseun-byeong
日本語	パーキンソン病 Pākinson-byō
中文	帕金森病 Pàjīnsēnbìng, 帕金森氏症 Pàjīnsēnshì zhèng, 帕金森綜合症 /帕金森综合症 Pàjīnsēn zōngzézhèng, 柏金遜症 /柏金逊症 Bǎijīnxùn zhèng
हिन्दी	पार्किंसन रोग pārkinsan rog
Português	doença de Parkinson, mal de Parkinson
Français	maladie de Parkinson
Deutsch	Parkinson-Krankheit
Italiano	malattia di Parkinson
Ελληνικά	νόσος του Πάρκινσον nósos tou Párkinson, πάρκινσον párkinson
Română	boala Parkinson
Русский	боле́знь Па́ркинсона boléznʹ Párkinsona, Па́ркинсон Párkinson
Tiếng Việt	bệnh Parkinson
العربية	مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون maraḍ barkinsun
עברית	מחלת פרקינסון makhalot parkinson

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Parkinson's disease." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/parkinson's%20disease. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Parkinson's disease. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/parkinson's%20disease

Chicago

"Parkinson's disease." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/parkinson's%20disease.

BibTeX

@misc{parkinson_s_disease_2026,
  title = {Parkinson's disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parkinson's%20disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}