parkinson's

Questions about parkinson's

What does parkinson's mean?

parkinson's means "a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination".

How many syllables are in parkinson's?

parkinson's has 3 syllables: par-kin-son's. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹkɪnsənz/.

What is another word for parkinson's?

Close synonyms include paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, shaking palsy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parkinson's a common word?

parkinson's is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.