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