'Chorea' definitions:
Definition of 'chorea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Chorea in dogs [syn: canine chorea, chorea]
noun
Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Definition of 'Chorea'
From: GCIDE
- Chorea \Cho*re"a\ n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? dance.] (Med.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chorea'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ague,
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- brain disease,
- bumpiness,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- chattering,
- cold shivers,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fits and starts,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- headache,
- herpes zoster,
- ischialgia,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- joltiness,
- migraine,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- organic psychosis,
- palsy,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quivering,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shuddering,
- spasms,
- spastic paralysis,
- succussion,
- the jerks,
- tic douloureux,
- toxic psychosis,
- trembling,
- tremulousness,
- vibration