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chorea
[ kuh-ree-uh, kaw-, koh- ]
noun
- any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- Also called St. Vitus's dance. such a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
- Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements.
chorea
/ 办蓲藞谤瑟蓹 /
noun
- a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by uncontrollable irregular brief jerky movements See Huntington's disease Sydenham's chorea
Derived Forms
- 肠丑辞藞谤别补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠丑辞路谤别顎僡濒 肠丑辞路谤别顎僫肠 肠丑辞路谤别路补迟路颈肠 [kawr-ee-, at, -ik, kohr-], adjective
- 肠丑辞路谤别路辞颈诲 [kawr, -ee-oid, kohr, -], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of chorea1
Example Sentences
We medical folk are simple people, and a famous writer in the E.R., like a case of Sydenham鈥檚 chorea or an interestingly shaped object lodged in a rectum, excites our general interest.
Patients are plagued by jerky, purposeless movements called chorea.
Further ahead, there is hope that CRISPR-Cas9 will help treat diseases such as AIDS, cystic fibrosis, Huntington鈥檚 chorea and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Its symptoms are well-characterized: involuntary, jerky movements known as chorea; difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements; cognitive impairment; and psychiatric issues such as changes in mood.
This 鈥減athological compensation鈥, as Nopoulos calls it, could explain why youngsters with Huntington鈥檚 disease seem to skip the chorea stage of the condition and go straight to stiffness.
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