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Definition of chorea noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chorea

noun
 
/kəˈriːə/
 
/kəˈriːə/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a condition in which parts of the body make quick sudden movements and the person affected cannot control this
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek khoreia ‘dancing in unison’, from khoros ‘chorus’.
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