chorea

cho·re·a  (kô-r, k-, k-)

n.

Any of various disorders of the nervous system marked by involuntary, jerky movements, especially of the arms, legs, and face, and by incoordination.

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[New Latin chora (Snct Vit), (Saint Vitus') dance, from Latin chora, from Greek khoreia, choral dance, from khoros; see chorus.]

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chorea [kor-ree-a]

Noun

a disorder of the nervous system characterized by uncontrollable brief jerky movements [Greek khoreia dance]

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chorea

a disease of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movement; St. Vitus’s Dance.

See also: Disease and Illness

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chorea - chorea in dogs canine chorea animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
	2.	chorea - any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system orthochorea - a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, Sydenham's chorea - chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever tarantism - a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease - hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia