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SHAKING PALSY

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• SHAKING PALSY (noun)
The noun SHAKING PALSY has 1 sense:

1. a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

Familiarity information: SHAKING PALSY used as a noun is very rare.

• SHAKING PALSY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

paralysis agitans; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinsonism; shaking palsy

Hypernyms ("shaking palsy" is a kind of...):

degenerative disorder (condition leading to progressive loss of function)

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

Meronyms (parts of "shaking palsy"):

tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease))

"This too, shall pass."
(English proverb)
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
(Native American proverb, Cherokee)
"Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel."
(Catalan proverb)
"He who leaves and then returns, had a good trip."
(Corsican proverb)

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