SHAKING PALSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaking palsy mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAKING PALSY (noun)

Sense 1

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))