any of a number of diseases of the nervous system characterized by muscle spasms
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Chorea Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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round/ring dance; dancers; planet movement; magistrate court; multitude; choir
round/ring dance; dancers; planet movement; magistrate court; multitude; choir
Chorea Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSt. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
chorea
\cho*re"a\ (?). n. [nl., fr. gr. &?; dance.] (med.) st. vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Noun
1. chorea in dogs
(synonym) canine chorea
(hypernym) animal disease
2. any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
(hypernym) nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
(hyponym) orthochorea
Chorea Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term chorea is derived from the Greek word χορεία (=dance; see choreia), as the quick movements of the feet or hands are comparable to dancing.
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Chorea Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Chorea [from Greek choreia dancing] A disorder of the nervous system, characterized by a peculiar convulsive and irregular action of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the face and extremities. It has been called insanity of the muscles, since their action is without harmony or purpose, and each seems to have a will of its own. It is most common in the impressionable years of childhood and adolescence, though appearing at different ages and associated with other diseases which, as a rule, are free from choreic movements. All types have significant common features. First, that many cases are free from organic disease shows that this is a purely functional one; when it complicates other diseases, it retains the typical movements of essential chorea.Whether it develops after some infectious or exhausting condition or polluting experience, or after some mental or psychological strain or shock, like fright or fear, the choreiform reaction indicates the occurrence of an unstable balance between the physical and astral bodies and the inner and higher manasic in man. Persons who develop chorea share a common psychic susceptibility which marks those who are subject to disturbances like hysteria, mediumship, epilepsy, and other phases of obsession. In addition, there are similar signs of a besieging influence at first, as when the child grows peevish, capricious, and restless, wants improper food, is listless at school, suffers with disturbed sleep and night-terrors; and later begin the convulsive movements in the muscles which are naturally under the control of the conscious will.
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Chorea Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
irregular, spasmodic, involuntary movements of the limbs or facial muscles.
