Parkinson's syndrome

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noun

a complex of symptoms indistinguishable from parkinsonism, commonly affecting boxers or sometimes occurring as a result of substance abuse or an encephalitic infection.

Origin:
1950–55; see parkinsonism

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Parkinson's syndrome n.
See Parkinsonism.

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