Chorea
81Huntington disease (chorea) sign — Hun·ting·ton disease (chorea), sign (hunґting tən) [George Sumner Huntington, American physician, 1850–1916] see under disease and sign …
82Huntington's chorea — also Huntington s disease, 1889, named for U.S. neurologist George Huntington (1851 1916), who described it in 1872 …
83Sydenham's chorea — noun a form of chorea chiefly affecting children, associated with rheumatic fever. Origin C19: named after the 17th cent. English physician Thomas Sydenham …
84Sydenham's chorea — a form of chorea that mainly affects children and adolescents, especially females. It can occur some months after an infection caused by β haemolytic streptococci (such as rheumatic fever or scarlet fever), causing uncontrolled movements of the… …
85Huntington's chorea — Hun′tington s chore′a n. pat a hereditary chorea, appearing in middle age, characterized by gradual deterioration of the brain and gradual loss of voluntary movement • Etymology: after George S. Huntington (1850–1916), U.S. physician, who… …
86Huntington's chorea — /ˌhʌntɪŋtənz kɔˈriə/ (say .huntingtuhnz kaw reeuh) noun See chorea (def. 1). Also, Huntington s disease …
87Sydenham's chorea — /ˌsɪdənəmz kɔˈriə/ (say .siduhnuhmz kaw reeuh) noun See chorea (def. 2) …
88Huntington's chorea — n. Med. see CHOREA. Etymology: G. Huntington, Amer. neurologist, d. 1916 …
89Hun|ting|ton's chorea — or Hun|ting|ton s disease «HUHN tihng tuhnz», an inherited disorder of the central nervous system, characterized by involuntary twitching of the muscles, distorted speech, and progressive degeneration of the brain. ╂[< George Huntington, 1851… …
90Huntington's chorea — noun see Huntington s disease …
