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Definition of Chorea
1. Noun. Chorea in dogs.
2. Noun. Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.
Specialized synonyms: Orthochorea, Saint Vitus Dance, St. Vitus Dance, Sydenham's Chorea, Tarantism, Huntington's Chorea, Huntington's Disease
Definition of Chorea
1. n. St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Definition of Chorea
1. Noun. An (Ancient Greek) (circular) (dance) accompanied by a (chorus). ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) Any of various (diseases) of the (nervous system) characterized by (involuntary) (muscular) movements of the face and extremities; [ St. Vitus's dance]. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chorea
1. a nervous disorder [n -S] : CHOREAL, CHOREIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Chorea
1. Mature onset disease characterised by progressive loss of neuronal functioning. Caused by unstable amphlification of a trinucleotide (CAG)n repeat with the coding region of a gene encoding a 348 kD, widely exposed product. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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