| Sydenham's chorea | 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) |
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| symptoms and general pathology | manifestations of disease and pathological conditions which may occur in various diseases and different organs (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric chorea | Progressively fatal spasmodic disorder, possibly of malarial origin, occurring chiefly in Italy, a severe form of Sydenham's chorea, in which the spasms are rapid and of a specially jerky character. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juvenile chorea | 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) |
| fibrillary 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) |
| laryngeal chorea | A spasmodic tic involving the muscles, resulting in an explosive manner of talking as in spasmotic dysphonia. (05 Mar 2000) |