chorea
noun
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
choreic
-
a word derived from
chorea.
Example Sentences
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He had been under medicinal treatment for a long time, the choreic manifestations dating back upwards of a year.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
Even when contractions reach choreic intensity the best treatment is to throw activities down the scale that measures the difference between primary and secondary movements and to make the former predominate.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
It is these that are so liable to disorder in the many automatisms and choreic tics we see in school children, especially if excited or fatigued.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
Moderate amount of choreic movements in arms and legs, exaggerated when attention distracted.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
There was no distortion of the features nor any choreic movements of the extremities; indeed, the whole affection consisted in the nodding and shaking movements of the head referred to.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino
