Phrase guide

Parkinson's disease

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, shaking palsy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: degenerative disorder, brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَرَض بَارْكِنْسُون (maraḍ barkinsun) — Parkinson's disease
  • Armenian: Պարկինսոնի հիվանդություն (Parkinsoni hivandutʻyun) — Parkinson's disease
  • Armenian: պարկինսոնյան հիվանդություն (parkinsonyan hivandutʻyun) — Parkinson's disease
  • Armenian: Պարկինսոն (Parkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Azerbaijani: Parkinson xəstəliyi — Parkinson's disease
  • Basque: Parkinsonen gaixotasun — Parkinson's disease
  • Belarusian: хваро́ба Паркінсо́на (xvaróba Parkinsóna) — Parkinson's disease
  • Bengali: পারকিনসন রোগ (parkinośon rōg) — Parkinson's disease
  • Bulgarian: бо̀лест на Па̀ркинсон (bòlest na Pàrkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Catalan: malaltia de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帕金森病 (Pàjīnsēnbìng) — Parkinson's disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帕金森氏症 (Pàjīnsēnshì zhèng) — Parkinson's disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帕金森綜合症 /帕金森综合症 (Pàjīnsēn zōngzézhèng) — Parkinson's disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柏金遜症 /柏金逊症 (Bǎijīnxùn zhèng) — Parkinson's disease
  • Czech: Parkinsonova nemoc — Parkinson's disease
  • Danish: Parkinsons sygdom — Parkinson's disease
  • Dutch: ziekte van Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Esperanto: Parkinsona malsano — Parkinson's disease
  • Estonian: Parkinsoni tõbi — Parkinson's disease
  • Finnish: Parkinsonin tauti — Parkinson's disease
  • French: maladie de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Galician: enfermedade de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Galician: párkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Georgian: პარკინსონის დაავადება (ṗarḳinsonis daavadeba) — Parkinson's disease
  • German: Parkinson-Krankheit — Parkinson's disease
  • Greek: νόσος του Πάρκινσον (nósos tou Párkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Greek: πάρκινσον (párkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Hebrew: מחלת פרקינסון (makhalot parkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Hindi: पार्किंसन रोग (pārkinsan rog) — Parkinson's disease
  • Hungarian: Parkinson-kór — Parkinson's disease
  • Icelandic: Parkinsons veiki — Parkinson's disease
  • Indonesian: penyakit Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Irish: galar Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Italian: malattia di Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Japanese: パーキンソン病 (Pākinson-byō) — Parkinson's disease
  • Korean: 파킨슨병 (Pakinseun-byeong) — Parkinson's disease
  • Latvian: Pārkinsona slimība — Parkinson's disease
  • Lithuanian: Parkinsono liga — Parkinson's disease
  • Macedonian: Паркинсонова болест (Parkinsonova bolest) — Parkinson's disease
  • Malay: penyakit Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Malayalam: പാർക്കിൻസൺസ് രോഗം (pāṟkkiṉsaṇsŭ rōgaṁ) — Parkinson's disease
  • Marathi: लकवा (lakvā) — Parkinson's disease
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Parkinsons sykdom — Parkinson's disease
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Parkinsons sjukdom — Parkinson's disease
  • Persian: بیماری پارکینسون (bimâri pârkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Polish: choroba Parkinsona — Parkinson's disease
  • Portuguese: doença de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Portuguese: mal de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Punjabi: ਪਾਰਕਿਨਸਨ ਰੋਗ (pārkinasan rog) — Parkinson's disease
  • Romanian: boala Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Russian: боле́знь Па́ркинсона (boléznʹ Párkinsona) — Parkinson's disease
  • Russian: Па́ркинсон (Párkinson) — Parkinson's disease
  • Serbo-Croatian: Паркинсонова болест — Parkinson's disease
  • Serbo-Croatian: Parkinsonova bolest — Parkinson's disease
  • Slovak: Parkinsonova choroba — Parkinson's disease
  • Slovene: Parkinsonova bolezen — Parkinson's disease
  • Spanish: enfermedad de Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Swedish: Parkinsons sjukdom — Parkinson's disease
  • Tamil: நடுக்குவாதம் (naṭukkuvātam) — Parkinson's disease
  • Tamil: பார்கின்சன் நோய் (pārkiṉcaṉ nōy) — Parkinson's disease
  • Thai: โรคพาร์คินสัน (rôok-paa-kin-sǎn) — Parkinson's disease
  • Turkish: Parkinson hastalığı — Parkinson's disease
  • Ukrainian: хворо́ба Па́ркінсона (xvoróba Párkinsona) — Parkinson's disease
  • Vietnamese: bệnh Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Welsh: clefyd Parkinson — Parkinson's disease
  • Yiddish: פּאַרקינסאָן קראַנק (parkinson krank) — Parkinson's disease