parkinsonism

See also: Parkinsonism

English

Alternative forms

• Parkinsonism

Etymology

Parkinson +‎ -ism

Noun

parkinsonism (countable and uncountable, plural parkinsonisms)

1. (neurology, pathology) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.
   • 2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Taylor & Francis →ISBN, page 2144

     In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.

   • 2011, Carlo Colosimo, David E. Riley, Gregor K. Wenning, Handbook of Atypical Parkinsonism, Cambridge University Press →ISBN, page 112

     However, it is important for the clinician to consider alternative diagnoses, particularly treatable, potentially reversible syndromes such as drug-induced parkinsonism, hydrocephalus and other structural abnormalities, Wilson's disease, and some forms of toxic, metabolic, and infectious parkinsonism.

   • 2012, Brian K. Alldredge, Robin L. Corelli, Michael E. Ernst, Koda-Kimble and Young's Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins →ISBN, page 1939

     Can risperidone cause parkinsonism? What evidence suggests that J.R. has antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism?

Synonyms

• Parkinson's syndrome