noun. Any of various disorders of the nervous system marked by involuntary, jerky movements, especially of the arms, legs, and face, and by incoordination.

noun. A nervous disease, usually occurring before puberty, marked by irregular and involuntary motions of one or more limbs and of the face and trunk, which, however, cease in sleep. Its morbid anatomy is undetermined. Also called St. Vitus's dance.—

noun. [capitalized] [NL.] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.

noun. Same as paralysis agitans.

noun. St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

noun. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.

noun. Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.

noun. any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

noun. chorea in dogs

"Convulsive motions agitate his legs, so that though he wills it ever so much, he cannot by any power of his mind stop their motion, (as in that odd disease called chorea sancti viti), but he is perpetually dancing; he is not at liberty in this action, but under as much necessity of moving, as a stone that falls, or a tennis-ball struck with a racket."

automatic chorea  chorea cordis  chorea electrica  chorea saltatoria  chorea senilis  

choreiform movements  choreography  chorus  

Huntington's chorea  Sydenham's chorea  

animal disease  

alcoholism  apoplexy  arousability  backache  color-blindness  

MS  ague  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  brain disease  bumpiness