parkinsonoid

English

Etymology

Parkinson +‎ -oid

Adjective

parkinsonoid (comparative more parkinsonoid, superlative most parkinsonoid)

  1. (medicine) Resembling (but not) Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism.
    Coordinate term: parkinsonian
    • 1981, Frank R. Freemon, “Dementia”, in Organic Mental Disease, 1st edition, MTP Press Limited, →ISBN, page 123:
      The gait is slightly wide based, but not reeling. Difficulty initiating gait (taking the first step) can sometimes appear almost parkinsonoid (Sypert et al., 1973; Mazza et al., 1976).
  2. (medicine) Characteristic of Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism; parkinsonian.
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