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chorea
[ kuh-ree-uh, kaw-, koh- ]
noun
- any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- Also called St. Vitus's dance. such a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
- Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements.
chorea
/ °ìɒˈ°ùɪə /
noun
- a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by uncontrollable irregular brief jerky movements See Huntington's disease Sydenham's chorea
Derived Forms
- ³¦³ó´Çˈ°ù±ð²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³ó´Ç·°ù±ða±ô ³¦³ó´Ç·°ù±ði³¦ ³¦³ó´Ç·°ù±ð·²¹³Ù·¾±³¦ [kawr-ee-, at, -ik, kohr-], adjective
- ³¦³ó´Ç·°ù±ð·´Ç¾±»å [kawr, -ee-oid, kohr, -], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chorea1
Example Sentences
We medical folk are simple people, and a famous writer in the E.R., like a case of Sydenham’s chorea or an interestingly shaped object lodged in a rectum, excites our general interest.
Patients are plagued by jerky, purposeless movements called chorea.
Further ahead, there is hope that CRISPR-Cas9 will help treat diseases such as AIDS, cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s chorea and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Its symptoms are well-characterized: involuntary, jerky movements known as chorea; difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements; cognitive impairment; and psychiatric issues such as changes in mood.
This “pathological compensationâ€, as Nopoulos calls it, could explain why youngsters with Huntington’s disease seem to skip the chorea stage of the condition and go straight to stiffness.
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