Definition of Saint Vitus dance

1. Noun. Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.

Exact synonyms: St. Vitus Dance, Sydenham's Chorea
Generic synonyms: Chorea

Medical Definition of Saint Vitus dance

1. An obsolete eponyms for Sydenham's chorea. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Vitus Dance

Saint Paul
Saint Peter
Saint Peter's wreath
Saint Peter Port
Saint Peter the Apostle
Saint Petersburg
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas a Becket
Saint Ulmo's fire
Saint Ulmo's light
Saint Valentine's Day
Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vitus dance (current term)
Saintpaulia
Saintpaulia ionantha
Saints
Saints Peter and Paul
Saipan
Saiph
Saitama
Saitic
Saiva
Saivas
Saivism
Saivite
Saivites

Literary usage of Saint Vitus dance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"SAINT JOHN, dance of. described SAINT PAUL MISSION among the Colville.. SAINT VITUS DANCE, origin of SAK'OTA, Kiowa name of the Cheyenne... SAI. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"Saint Vitus- dance resulting from excitement and fright caused by the action of a landlord who, having entered the house for the purpose of collecting rent, ..."

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