| 单词 | leaping ague |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaping ague leaping ague n. (see quots.). 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- 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 5 A distemper called by the country-people the leaping-ague, and by physicians, St. Vitus's dance. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 375 In the mountainous part of Angus a singular disease, called there the leaping ague, is said to exist, bearing a resemblance to St. Vitus's dance. < as lemmas |
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