Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to chorea; affected with chorea: as, a choreic patient.
- noun One who suffers from chorea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pathology Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting
chorea - noun One who has chorea.
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Examples
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When I first saw him, the choreic movements were so continuous and violent as to preclude the possibility of administering electric baths.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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He had been under medicinal treatment for a long time, the choreic manifestations dating back upwards of a year.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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There are various types which have been called the paralytic, the choreic, and the saltatory.
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There are various types which have been called the paralytic, the choreic, and the saltatory.
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He appeared to be nervous and impatient, however, frequently changing his position, and moving his limbs in an aimless choreic way which is characteristic of him at times.
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He appeared to be nervous and impatient, however, frequently changing his position, and moving his limbs in an aimless choreic way which is characteristic of him at times.
The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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There was no distortion of the features nor any choreic movements of the extremities; indeed, the whole affection consisted in the nodding and shaking movements of the head referred to.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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It is these that are so liable to disorder in the many automatisms and choreic tics we see in school children, especially if excited or fatigued.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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Even when contractions reach choreic intensity the best treatment is to throw activities down the scale that measures the difference between primary and secondary movements and to make the former predominate.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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If hispanic does any food item effect dilantin exists, agood akinetic oral or incorporating detergent may condemn to choreic systemic mill of the collection and paramedical nonaluminum toxicity.
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