Saint Vi·tus' dance also Saint Vi·tus's dance (v  t s, -t-s z)n. See Sydenham's chorea. [After Saint Vitus, third-century a.d. Christian martyr.] |
Saint Vitus's dance [ˈvaɪtəsɪz]
n usually abbreviated to St Vitus's dance
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a nontechnical name for Sydenham's chorea
[so called because sufferers traditionally prayed to Saint Vitus (3rd-century child martyr) for relief and were said to be cured by a visit to his shrine]
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