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St. Vitus' dance
Answer for the clue "St. Vitus' dance ", 6 letters:
chorea
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chorea or Choreia may refer to: Choreia , ancient Greek dance Chorea , medical disorder involving involuntary ("dancelike") movement
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chorea \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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. chorea in dogs [syn: canine chorea ] any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An (l en Ancient Greek) (l en circular) (l en dance) accompanied by a (l en chorus). 2 (context medicine English) Any of the various (l en diseases) of the (l en nervous system) characterized by (l en involuntary) (l en muscular) movements of the face ...
Usage examples of chorea.
The Cades actually met when they were recovering from Henderson's Chorea — ah—or so their biographies in Who's Who say.
These probably were not true chorea epidemics, but had roots in abnormal psychology.
It is for this reason that Sydenham's chorea has the common name of "St.
There is also hereditary chorea, often referred to as Hunting-ton's chorea, from the American physician George Sumner Hun-tington, who described it in 1872.
Hun-tington's chorea does not appear until adult life (between 30 and 50).
The child was in hospital for weeks with Huntington's chorea, her mum took her home before she should have been discharged and although we've sent follow up letters, there's no trace.
The Cades actually met when they were recovering from Henderson's Chorea, ah, or so their biographies in Who's Who say.
And he was determined not to reproduce, since he felt that there was still a good chance that he could pass on Huntington's chorea.
Before, the epidemiology was that of vertical transmission, as in Huntington's Chorea.
It stopped, jittering back and forth in the air like a man with Huntington's chorea.