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- noun In pathology, a name which has been given to chorea, to paralysis agitans, and to other forms of tremor.
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- noun medicine A condition characterised by
violent involuntary rapid andirregular movements .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek βαλλισμός ("jumping about")
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