chorea

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Their parents should know that they have chorea, which is the same trouble as St. Vitus's Dance, although often existing in a degree too mild to attract attention.

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  1. noun Any of various disorders of the nervous system marked by involuntary, jerky movements, especially of the arms, legs, and face, and by incoordination.

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  • While chorea should be controlled if at all possible, there are other features of the disease that must also be recognized. —  Brain Blogger
  • The hereditary chorea, as he called it, was a rare but terrible disease. —  Brain Blogger
  • Huntington in his description states that the first symptoms usually occur at an adult age, and he delineates the development of the chorea: —  Brain Blogger
  • It was once called Huntington's "chorea", from a Greek word for dance. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • Prestwick holds Canadian and U.S. licensing rights to Xenazine, a treatment for chorea - a disorder that causes involuntary muscle movement - associated with Huntington's disease. —  Market News
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  1. New Latin chorēa (Sānctī Vitī), (Saint Vitus') dance, from Latin chorēa, from Greek khoreia, choral dance, from khoros; see chorus.

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  1. = French chorée = Spanish corea = Portuguese chorea = Italian corea, from Latin chorea, chorea, from Greek χορεία, a dance, properly feminine of χορείος, belonging to a dance or chorus: see choreus.
 

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