CHOREA: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Matching Terms: | | Chore, Choree, Choregraphic, Choregraphy, Choreic, choreic abasia, choreograph, choreographer, choreographic, choreography, Chorepiscopal, Chorepiscopus, Choreus
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
- [n] chorea in dogs
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| | Synonyms: | | canine chorea |
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| | See Also: | | animal disease, degenerative disorder, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease, nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, orthochorea, Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, Sydenham's chorea, tarantism | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cho*re"a\ n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? dance.] (Med.)
St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive
twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or
limbs.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | rapid, jerky, dance-like movement of the body. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Chorea is an involuntary, uncoordinated, rapid, jerky type of movement of brief duration. Such movement, although variable, is continual. The best known chorea is the Hungtington's chorea, an autosomal dominant inherited disease. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ague, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, bumpiness, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chattering, cold shivers, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, fits and starts, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, herpes zoster, ischialgia, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, migraine, MS, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, palsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, quaking, quavering, quivering, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, shakes, shaking, shaking palsy, shingles, shivering, shivers, shuddering, spasms, spastic paralysis, succussion, the jerks, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis, trembling, tremulousness, vibration |
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