Contextualizebeta

parkinsonoid

adj

Etymology

From Parkinson + -oid.

  1. formed as parkinsonoid — “Parkinson + -oid”

Definitions

  1. Resembling (but not) Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism.

    • 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. Characteristic of Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism

    Characteristic of Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism; parkinsonian.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for parkinsonoid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA