Parkinson's disease

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Parkinson's disease (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.

Synonyms

• paralysis agitans (archaic), Parkinson's (colloquial)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• antiparkinsonian
• parkinsonian
• parkinsonian facies
• parkinsonism

Translations

Parkinson's disease

• Arabic: مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون (ar) m (maraḍ barkinsun)
• Armenian: Պարկինսոնի հիվանդություն (hy) (Parkinsoni hivandutʿyun), պարկինսոնյան հիվանդություն (parkinsonyan hivandutʿyun), Պարկինսոն (Parkinson)
• Azerbaijani: Parkinson xəstəliyi
• Basque: Parkinsonen gaixotasun
• Belarusian: хваро́ба Паркінсо́на f (xvaróba Parkinsóna)
• Bengali: পারকিনসন রোগ (parkinośon rōg)
• Bulgarian: болест на Паркинсон f (bolest na Parkinson)
• Catalan: malaltia de Parkinson f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕金森病 (zh) (Pàjīnsēn bìng), 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)

• Czech: Parkinsonova nemoc f
• Danish: Parkinsons sygdom c
• Dutch: ziekte van Parkinson (nl) f
• Esperanto: Parkinsona malsano
• Estonian: Parkinsoni tõbi
• Finnish: Parkinsonin tauti (fi)
• French: maladie de Parkinson (fr) f
• Galician: enfermedade de Parkinson f, párkinson
• Georgian: პარკინსონის დაავადება (ṗarḳinsonis daavadeba)
• German: Parkinson-Krankheit f
• Greek: νόσος του Πάρκινσον f (nósos tou Párkinson), πάρκινσον (el) n (párkinson)
• Hebrew: מחלת פרקינסון m (makhalot parkinson)
• Hindi: पार्किंसन रोग (pārkinsan rog)
• Hungarian: Parkinson-kór (hu)
• Icelandic: Parkinsons veiki f
• Indonesian: penyakit Parkinson
• Irish: galar Parkinson m
• Italian: malattia di Parkinson f
• Japanese: パーキンソン病 (Pākinson-byō)
• Korean: 파킨슨병 (ko) (Pakinseun-byeong)
• Latvian: Pārkinsona slimība f
• Lithuanian: Parkinsono liga f
• Macedonian: Паркинсонова болест f (Parkinsonova bolest)
• Malay: penyakit Parkinson
• Malayalam: പാർക്കിൻസൺസ് രോഗം (pāṟkkiṉsaṇsŭ rōgaṁ)
• Marathi: लकवा m (lakvā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Parkinsons sykdom m

  Nynorsk: Parkinsons sjukdom m

• Persian: بیماری پارکینسون (bimâri pârkinson)
• Polish: choroba Parkinsona (pl) f
• Portuguese: doença de Parkinson (pt) f, mal de Parkinson (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ (pārkinasan rog)
• Romanian: boala Parkinson f
• Russian: боле́знь Па́ркинсона f (boléznʹ Párkinsona), Па́ркинсон (ru) m (Párkinson)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Паркинсонова болест f

  Roman: Parkinsonova bolest f

• Slovak: Parkinsonova choroba f
• Slovene: Parkinsonova bolezen f
• Spanish: enfermedad de Parkinson f
• Swedish: Parkinsons sjukdom c
• Tamil: நடுக்குவாதம் (ta) (naṭukkuvātam), பார்கின்சன் நோய் (pārkiṉcaṉ nōy)
• Thai: โรคพาร์คินสัน (rôok-paa-kin-sǎn)
• Turkish: Parkinson hastalığı
• Ukrainian: хворо́ба Па́ркінсона f (xvoróba Párkinsona)
• Vietnamese: bệnh Parkinson
• Welsh: clefyd Parkinson m
• Yiddish: פּאַרקינסאָן קראַנק f (parkinson krank)