2. Noun. (alternative form of parkinsonian) ¹
3. Adjective. (neurology disease) Relating to, or appearing to be caused by, Parkinson's syndrome. ¹
4. Noun. (neurology disease) One who has Parkinson's syndrome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parkinsonian
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Parkinsonian
1. Relating to or the suffering from parkinsonism. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parkinsonian
Literary usage of Parkinsonian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Epidemic Encephalitis (encephalitis Lethargica) by Frederick Tilney, Hubert Shattuck Howe (1920)
"Stiff, Slightly Flexed, Statuesque Attitude, FIG. 28.—CASE IV. Parkinsonian Facies,
Attitude and Tremor of Right Hand. with Tendency to Fall Backwards. ..."
2. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University Dept. of Neurology, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1921)
"The senile Parkinsonian syndrome (C. arid O. Vogt).—The most important elements
of the syndrome are common to it and those which have preceded it. ..."
3. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"The prevalence of symptoms that typically affect parkinsonian patients was ...
Most of the parkinsonian symptoms assessed by the questionnaire showed a high ..."
4. Acute Epidemic Encephalitis (lethargic Encephalitis): An Investigation by by Walter Timme (1921)
"TILNEY: Does the age of the patient have any relation to the Parkinsonian type
or choreic type? DR. HUNT: I couldn't answer that very definitely except to ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(5) The Parkinsonian Gait.—The patients hold themselves stiff and walk with ...
These features, combined with the expressionless face (Parkinsonian mask), ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"In Cases II and III we have fairly well-defined Parkinsonian pictures, one
remaining stationary after three months' residence in the hospital and the other ..."
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