About The Word Chorea

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Chorea

Chorea Meaning & Definition
Chorea Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chorea?

[n] any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
[n] chorea in dogs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chorea: canine chorea

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chorea: 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

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

Chorea In Webster's Dictionary

\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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