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单词 Tourette's syndrome
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Definition of Tourette's syndrome in English:

Tourette's syndrome

(also Tourette syndrome)
nountʊˈrɛtstʊˈrɛts ˌsɪndroʊm
mass noun
  • A neurological disorder characterized by involuntary tics and vocalizations and often the compulsive utterance of obscenities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The author notes that obsessive-compulsive disorder is not the only psychiatric disorder that overlaps with Tourette's syndrome.
    • The Maladaptive index includes symptoms of Tourette's syndrome, Posttraumatic stress disorder, toileting problems, sexualized behavior, and pica.
    • The neurological disorder known as Tourette's syndrome, which you might have thought of as an adult's disease, can strike when kids are just toddlers.
    • There is an increased rate of OCD in people with Tourette's syndrome, an illness characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations.
    • If early-stage experiments pan out, Alzheimer's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, bulimia, and other brain ailments could be next.

Origin

Late 19th century: named after Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist.

 
 

Definition of Tourette's syndrome in US English:

Tourette's syndrome

(also Tourette syndrome)
nounto͝oˈrets ˌsindrōmtʊˈrɛts ˌsɪndroʊm
  • A neurological disorder characterized by involuntary tics and vocalizations and often the compulsive utterance of obscenities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an increased rate of OCD in people with Tourette's syndrome, an illness characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations.
    • If early-stage experiments pan out, Alzheimer's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, bulimia, and other brain ailments could be next.
    • The neurological disorder known as Tourette's syndrome, which you might have thought of as an adult's disease, can strike when kids are just toddlers.
    • The Maladaptive index includes symptoms of Tourette's syndrome, Posttraumatic stress disorder, toileting problems, sexualized behavior, and pica.
    • The author notes that obsessive-compulsive disorder is not the only psychiatric disorder that overlaps with Tourette's syndrome.

Origin

Late 19th century: named after Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist.

 
 
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