n :  any of various nervous disorders of infectious or organic origin marked by spasmodic movements of the limbs and facial muscles and by incoordination - called also Saint Vitus' dance  - see HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SYDENHAM'S CHOREA  cho*re*at*ic adj cho*re*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  cher·ry  chr 
 
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