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/kəˈrēə/,
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choreas, plural;
  1. A neurological disorder characterized by jerky involuntary movements affecting esp. the shoulders, hips, and face

  1. canine chorea: chorea in dogs
  2. any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
  3. Choreia (χορεία) is a circle dance (χορός σε κύκλο) accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.
  4. Choreia (or chorea) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. ...
  5. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus; Any of various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance
  6. rapid, jerky, dance-like movement of the body.
  7. Chorea is a jerky, rapid and irregular movement of the face, arms, or legs. People with chorea cannot control these movements. Choreic movements can be relatively simple or highly complex in nature. ...
  8. widespread arrhythmic movements of a forcible, rapid, jerky, restless type; movements are irregular and variable, but continuous. They may be simple or quite elaborate, and affect any part of body. Can be caused by damage to caudate nucleus.
  9. involuntary, irregular, rapid, jerking movements
  10. Greek word for "dance." Chorea refers to an uncontrollable dance-like motion of twisting and turning that affects many persons with HD.
  11. Nervous disorder marked by muscular twitching of arms, legs and face.
  12. Basal ganglion disease characterized by rapid, complex, jerky movements that are involuntary.
  13. Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing
  14. A nervous jerking caused by involuntary contractions of the muscles (may be caused by distemper or hepatitis).
  15. A damaged nervous system causing uncontrollable twitching of various muscles, fits, and paralysis.
  16. Involuntary abrupt, rapid, brief, and unsustained irregular movement and is sometimes described as "dance-like." Chorea occurs in 5% of people with cerebral palsy.
  17. Irregular, spasmodic, involuntary movements of the limbs or facial muscles, often accompanied by hypotonia (decreased tone of skeletal muscles).
  18. Involuntary twitching of the muscles and uncoordinated movements.
  19. The involentary and uncontrollable dance like movements that patients experience as a result of Parkinson’s disease.
  20. A type of dyskinesia characterized by rapid dance-like movements.
  21. (St. Vitus' Dance) - nervous disorder
  22. USE Nervous system diseases
  23. Jerky, involuntary movements of the face or extremities associated with damage to the basal ganglia.