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

Sydenham’s chorea

noun
 
/ˌsɪdnəmz kəˈriːə/
 
/ˌsɪdnəmz kəˈriːə/
(medical)
(also old-fashioned St Vitus’s dance)
[uncountable]
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  1. a disease that mostly affects children, which causes the body to make small sudden movements and often follows rheumatic fever
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