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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: James Parkinson (1755-1824), British doctor

Parkinson's disease

 noun
     
Par‧kin‧son's dis‧ease also Parkinson's [uncountable]
MI a serious illness in which your muscles become very weak and your arms and legs shake
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