epidemic chorea


choreomania

(1) Chorea.
(2) A term of largely historical interest for a condition first recognised during the Middle Ages and characterised by choreiform spasms that occurred in large closed communities, and is now thought to have been a mass hysterical conversion reaction.

epidemic chorea

Dancing mania; uncontrolled dancing. It was manifested in the 14th century in Europe. Synonym: dancing maniaSee also: chorea