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SYDENHAM'S CHOREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever
Synonyms:
Saint Vitus dance; St. Vitus dance; Sydenham's chorea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Sydenham's chorea" is a kind of...):
chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)