chorea: Meaning and Definition of

cho•re•a

Pronunciation: (ku-rē'u, kô-, kō-), [key]
— n. Pathol.
  1. any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
  2. Also calledsuch a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
  3. a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements.
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