| 单词 | huntington's disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHuntington's disease A rare hereditary disease of the brain manifested in middle age and characterized by irregular body movements, disturbance of speech, and progressive dementia. Also Huntington's disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > chorea tirla1585 St. Vitus's dance1621 chorea1686 St. Vitus's jig1702 leaping ague1792 St. Vitus's fit1836 dancing-mania1877 Huntington's disease1889 Sydenham's chorea1892 dancing-plague- 1889 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 16 69 To Huntington has generally been accorded the credit of first describing hereditary chorea, and writers even speak of the affection as ‘Huntington's chorea’. 1892 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 38 560 Cases of hereditary chorea (Huntington's disease). 1969 New Scientist 10 July 80/2 The onset of Huntington's chorea usually occurs rather late in reproductive life, at around 40 years of age. 1972 New Yorker 29 Jan. 30/3 Woody Guthrie..died, in 1967, after a fifteen~year battle with Huntington's disease. < as lemmas |
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