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Definition of Saint Vitus dance
1. Noun. Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
Medical Definition of Saint Vitus dance
1. An obsolete eponyms for Sydenham's chorea. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Vitus Dance
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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