Sydenham's chorea

/ ˈsɪdənəmz /

noun

1. Nontechnical name: Saint Vitus's dance. a form of chorea affecting children, often associated with rheumatic fever

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sydenham's chorea¹

named after T. Sydenham (1624–89), English physician

Example Sentences

We medical folk are simple people, and a famous writer in the E.R., like a case of Sydenham’s chorea or an interestingly shaped object lodged in a rectum, excites our general interest.

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It looked like they were displaying Sydenham's chorea, with involuntary arm and hand movements.

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In the 1990s Susan Swedo at the National Institute of Mental Health was studying Sydenham's chorea and she made a link between it and OCD.

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Sydenham’s Chorea and Tourette’s Is there a correlation between Sydenham’s chorea and Tourette’s?

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Such cases probably fall on a continuum with Sydenham’s chorea and other post-infectious disorders that can lead to an inflammation in the basal ganglia, a part of the brain involved in motor control and learning.

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