Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A neurological disorder characterized by multiple facial and body tics and often accompanied by grunts and compulsive utterances, such as interjections and obscenities. It is usually diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.
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- noun Alternative name for
Tourette syndrome .
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- noun neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Georges Gilles de la Tourette, (1857–1904), French physician.]
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