Meaning | Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs. |
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Narrower | Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease | hereditary disease |
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Sydenham's chorea, Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance | chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever |
orthochorea | A form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect |
tarantism | A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance |
Broader | degenerative disorder | Condition leading to progressive loss of function |
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nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease | A disorder of the nervous system |
Spanish | corea |
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Catalan | corea |
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