Tourette's syndrome

American  

[too-rets] / tʊˈrɛts /

Or Tourette syndrome

noun

Pathology.

1. a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.

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Tourette's syndrome Scientific  

/ t-rĕts′ /

1. A neurological disorder characterized by multiple facial and other body tics, usually beginning in childhood or adolescence and often accompanied by grunts and compulsive utterances, such as interjections or obscenities. It is named for its discoverer, French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904).

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Etymology

Origin of Tourette's syndrome

After Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist, who described it in 1885

Example Sentences

Aramayo, from Hull, starred in I Swear, which tells the true story of John Davidson, a teenager living with Tourette's syndrome.

From BBC

Tourette's syndrome is an incurable neurological condition, that causes someone to make sudden, repetitive sounds or movements, known as tics.

From BBC

His life was filmed for a series of documentaries, beginning with John's Not Mad in 1989, which is credited with raising awareness of Tourette's syndrome.

From BBC

"I Swear" -- based on a true story about a Scottish man whose life was irrevocably changed by Tourette's syndrome -- was the most nominated British film, with five nods.

From Barron's

Hull's Aramayo makes the shortlist for his performance as a young man growing up with Tourette's syndrome in the 1980s in I Swear.

From BBC