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paralysis agitans
noun(paralysis agi-tans)
parkinson's disease
paralysis agitans
noun(paralysis agi-tans)
a chronic progressive neurological disease chiefly of later life that is linked to decreased dopamine production in the substantia nigra and is marked especially by tremor of resting muscles, rigidity, slowness of movement, impaired balance, and a shuffling gait —called also paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's syndrome

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