| chorea major | A spasmodic attack occurring in patients with conversion hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chorea minor | A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence. Synonym: acute chorea, chorea minor, chorea, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic progressive chorea | A progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic. Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, Huntington's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mimetic chorea | Imitation of the chorea movements of another person. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morvan's chorea | Continuous involuntary quivering or rippling of muscles at rest, caused by spontaneous, repetitive firing of groups of motor unit potentials. Synonym: fibrillary chorea, kymatism, Morvan's chorea. Origin: myo-+ G. Kyma, wave (05 Mar 2000) |
| habit chorea | <clinical sign> An involuntary compulsive, repetitive, stereotyped movement, resembling a purposeful movement because it is coordinated and involves muscles in their normal synergistic relationships, tics usually involve the face and shoulders. (18 Nov 1997) |
| posthemiplegic chorea | A unilateral athetosis involving hemiplegic limbs, usually seen in children. Synonym: posthemiplegic chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saltatory chorea | Rhythmic dancing movements, as in procursive chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| procursive chorea | A form in which the patient whirls around, runs forward, or exercises a sort of rhythmic dancing movement. Synonym: dancing chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemilateral chorea | Chorea involving the muscles on one side only. Synonym: chorea dimidiata, hemilateral chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henoch's chorea | A disorder in which sudden spasmodic coordinated movements of certain muscles or groups of physiologically related muscles occur at irregular intervals. Synonym: Henoch's chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hereditary chorea | A progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic. Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, Huntington's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile chorea | A disorder resembling Sydenham's chorea, not associated with cardiac disease or dementia, occurring in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical chorea | Conversion hysteria in which involuntary, quick, and purposeless (choreiform) movements constitute the chief feature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dancing chorea | A form in which the patient whirls around, runs forward, or exercises a sort of rhythmic dancing movement. Synonym: dancing chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |