Chorea Definition

kô-rēə, kō-, kə-
noun
A disorder of the nervous system characterized by irregular, jerking movements caused by involuntary muscular contractions; Saint Vitus' dance.
Webster's New World

An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.

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Synonyms:
  • canine chorea

Origin of Chorea

  • New Latin chorēa (Sānctī Vitī) (Saint Vitus') dance from Latin chorēa from Greek khoreia choral dance from khoros chorus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreia).

    From Wiktionary

Chorea Sentence Examples

  • It is on clinical grounds that beriberi, scarlet fever, measles, &c., are recognized as belonging to the same class, and evolving in phases which differ not in intimate nature but in the more superficial and inessential characters of time, rate and polymorphism; and the impression is gaining strength that acute rheumatism belongs to the group of the infections, certain sore throats, chorea and other apparently distinct maladies being terms of this series.

  • Nervous phenomena, such as chorea and epileptic seizures, have been attributed to the presence of the tapeworm.

  • There is some doubtful evidence of the value of the alkaloid in chorea.

  • The oxide has been given in epilepsy and chorea.

  • Among the diseases against which St Vitus is invoked is chorea, also known as St Vitus's Dance.

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