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CHOREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chorea" is a kind of...):
degenerative disorder (condition leading to progressive loss of function)
nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chorea"):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chorea" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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