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Routine work applied to a nervous condition
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chorea
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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
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chorea (or choreia , occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder , one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias . The term chorea is derived from the Greek word χορεία (=dance; see choreia ), as the quick movements of the feet ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1806, from Modern Latin chorea Sancti Viti "St. Vitus dance" (originally a mass hysteria in 15c. Europe characterized by uncontrolled dancing); from Latin chorea "a dance," from Greek khoreia "dance" (see chorus ). Extension to the nerve disorder is from ...
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.