Definitions of Huntington's chorea
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hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia
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synonyms:
Huntington's disease
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type of:
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monogenic disease, monogenic disorder
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
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chorea
any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
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autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder
a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
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monogenic disease, monogenic disorder
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