Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shaking_palsy

1 sense of shaking palsy

Sense 1
paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, shaking palsy -- (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)
       => brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease -- (any disorder or disease of the brain)
       => degenerative disorder -- (condition leading to progressive loss of function)