chorea

Types:

show 4 types...

hide 4 types...

orthochorea

a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect

Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, Sydenham's chorea

chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever

tarantism

a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease

hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia

Type of:

degenerative disorder

condition leading to progressive loss of function

nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder

a disorder of the nervous system

Synonyms:

canine chorea

Type of:

animal disease

a disease that typically does not affect human beings