chorea
pronunciation
How to pronounce chorea in British English:
UK [kəˈriə]
How to pronounce chorea in American English:
US [kɔˈriə, ko-]
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- Noun:
- chorea in dogs
- any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Word Origin
- chorea (n.)
- 1806, from Modern Latin chorea Sancti Viti "St. Vitus dance" (originally a mass hysteria in 15c. Europe characterized by uncontrolled dancing); from Latin chorea "a dance," from Greek khoreia "dance" (see chorus). Extension to the nerve disorder is from 1620s.
Example
- 1. Can the rheumatic chorea be cured ?
- 2. Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever .
- 3. Chorea : any of various disorders of the nervous system marked by uncontrollable and irregular muscle movements , especially of the arms , legs , and face .
- 4. Chorea : neurological disorder causing irregular , involuntary , purposeless movements . It is believed to be caused by degeneration of the basal ganglia in the cerebral cortex .
- 5. " Chorea : neurological disorder causing irregular , involuntary , purposeless movements . It is believed to be caused by degeneration of the basal ganglia in the cerebral cortex . "