| 单词 | chorea |
| 释义 | chorea —choreal, choreic, choreatic /kawr'ee at"ik, kohr'-/, adj. —choreoid /kawr"ee oyd', kohr"-/, adj. /keuh ree"euh, kaw-, koh-/, n. Pathol. 1. any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities. 2. Also called St. Vitus's dance. such a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever. 3. Vet. Pathol. a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements. [1680-90; < Gk choreía a dance, equiv. to chor(ós) CHORUS + -eia -Y3] |
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