chorea

/kəˈriə/

Other forms: choreas

Definitions of chorea

1. noun

   any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
   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
2. noun

   chorea in dogs
   synonyms: canine chorea

   type of:

   animal disease

   a disease that typically does not affect human beings