chorea
English Thesaurus
1. any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | degenerative disorder, |
| definition | : | condition leading to progressive loss of function (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | orthochorea, |
| definition | : | a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | tarantism, |
| definition | : | a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider (noun.state) |
2. chorea in dogs (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | animal disease, |
| definition | : | a disease that typically does not affect human beings (noun.state) |
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