Shaking palsy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shaking palsy
    n 1: a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system
         characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
         [syn: {paralysis agitans}, {Parkinsonism}, {Parkinson's
         disease}, {Parkinson's syndrome}, {Parkinson's}, {shaking
         palsy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF.
   paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.]
   (Med.)
   Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. "One sick of
   the palsy." --Mark ii. 3.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing
      distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir
      Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it.

   {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}.

   {Shaking palsy}, (Med.) paralysis agitans, a disease usually
      occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors
      and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait; now called
      {parkinsonism}, or {Parkinson's disease}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]