SYDENHAM'S CHOREA

Meaning of SYDENHAM'S CHOREA in English

■ noun a form of chorea chiefly affecting children, associated with rheumatic fever.

Origin

C19: named after the 17th-cent. English physician Thomas Sydenham .

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SYDENHAM'S CHOREA — ˈsid ə nəmz-, ˈsīd ə nˌhamz- noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Thomas Sydenham died 1689 English physician : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYDENHAM'S CHOREA — also called St. Vitus' Dance, a type of chorea that follows infection and occurs most frequently in children and adolescents. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SYDENHAM'S CHOREA — / ˌsɪdnəmz kəˈriə; NAmE / (also St Vitus's dance ) noun [ U ] ( medical ) a disease that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYDENHAM'S CHOREA — малая хорея, обыкновенная хорея, ревматическая хорея, хорея Сиденгама
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
CHOREA — Neurological disorder causing irregular, involuntary, purposeless movements. It is believed to be caused by degeneration of the basal ganglia in …
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CHOREA — kəˈrēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dance, from Greek choreia, from choros — more at chorus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHOREA — also called Hyperkinesia, in dogs, a disorder in which muscle spasms are prominent. It is usually associated with distemper, encephalitis, …
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CHOREA — n. Neurological disorder causing irregular, involuntary, purposeless movements. It is believed to be caused by degeneration of the basal ganglia …
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SYDENHAM — County: Greater London Post Code: SE26
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
CHOREA — (-éa) n 1. choral dance; 2. St. Vituss dance, chorea
Interlingua English vocab
CHOREA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dance, from Greek choreia, from choros chorus Date: 1804 any of various nervous disorders …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHOREA — (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Английский словарь Webster
CHOREA — ( n. ) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOREA — — choreal, choreic, choreatic /kawr'ee at"ik, kohr'-/ , adj. — choreoid /kawr"ee oyd', kohr"-/ , adj. /keuh ree"euh, kaw-, koh-/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOREA — n. any of a number of diseases of the nervous system characterized by muscle spasms
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CHOREA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dance, from Greek choreia, from choros chorus Date: 1804 : any of various nervous …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHOREA — noun st. vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Webster English vocab
CHOREA — [ kɒ'rɪə ] ■ noun Medicine a neurological disorder characterized by jerky involuntary movements affecting especially the shoulders, hips, and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHOREA — [cho.rea] n [NL, fr. L, dance, fr. Gk choreia, fr. choros chorus] (1804): a nervous disorder (as of humans or …
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SYDENHAM — Sydenham BrE AmE ˈsɪd ə n‿əm
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHOREA — chorea BrE AmE kɔː ˈrɪə kɒ-, kə- AmE \ kə ˈri ː ‿ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHOREA — / kəˈriə; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( medical ) a condition in which parts of the body make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHOREA — n. Med. a disorder characterized by jerky involuntary movements affecting esp. the shoulders, hips, and face. øHuntington's chorea chorea accompanied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHOREA — n. Med. a disorder characterized by jerky involuntary movements affecting esp. the shoulders, hips, and face. Huntington's chorea chorea accompanied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHOREA — n. Med. a disorder characterized by jerky involuntary movements affecting esp. the shoulders, hips, and face. Phrases and idioms: Huntington's …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHOREA — Synonyms and related words : MS, ague, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, bumpiness, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chattering, cold shivers, emotional …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHOREA — сущ.; мед. хорея (медицина) хорея; виттова пляска chorea мед. хорея
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHOREA — Корея
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHOREA — n мед. хорея; виттова пляска ( тж. chorea minor)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHOREA — хорея
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHOREA — (n) хорея
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CHOREA — (0) виттова пляска
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CHOREA — n мед. хорея; виттова пляска ( тж. ~ minor)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CHOREA — n мед. хорея; виттова пляска ( тж. chorea minor)
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CHOREA — n. хорея, пляска святого Витта
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CHOREA — n. хорея, пляска святого Витта
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CHOREA — сущ. ; мед. хорея
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CHOREA — сущ.; мед. хорея (медицина) хорея; виттова пляска chorea мед. хорея
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SYDENHAM (OF SYDENHAM AND TORONTO), CHARLES POULETT ... — born Sept. 13, 1799, Wimbledon, Surrey, Eng. died Sept. 19, 1841, Kingston, Canada West merchant and statesman who, as British …
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UPPER SYDENHAM — County: Greater London Post Code: SE26
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SYDENHAM HILL — County: Greater London Post Code: SE21
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SYDENHAM DAMEREL — County: Devon Post Code: PL19
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LOWER SYDENHAM — County: Greater London Post Code: SE26
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SYDENHAM, THOMAS — born 1624, Wynford Eagle, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1689, London British physician. His Observationes medicae (1676) was a standard …
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SYDENHAM'S LAUDANUM — noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after T. Sydenham : either of two opium preparations: a. : wine of opium …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYDENHAM, THOMAS — born 1624, Wynford Eagle, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1689, London physician recognized as a founder of clinical medicine and …
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SYDENHAM, THOMAS — born 1624, Wynford Eagle, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1689, London British physician. His Observationes medicae (1676) was a standard …
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THOMAS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Affleck Thomas Aldrich Thomas Bailey Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Aquinas Saint Thomas Arne Thomas …
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CLARKE'S GAZELLE — noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: perhaps after George S. Clarke, Baron Sydenham died 1933 colonial administrator in Egypt and …
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CLARKE'S GAZELLE — dibatag. [ perh. after George S. Clarke, Baron Sydenham (1848-1933), English soldier and colonial administrator ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ST. VITUS'S DANCE — severe disease of the central nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular spasms of the face and extremities (also also as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ST VITUS'S DANCE — [ 'vʌɪtəsɪz ] ■ noun old-fashioned term for Sydenham's chorea . Origin so named because a visit to the shrine …
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SCARLET FEVER — also called scarlatina acute infectious disease caused by certain types of hemolytic (hemoglobin-liberating) streptococcal bacteria, typically Streptococcus pyogenes. The English …
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PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH — born Aug. 3, 1801, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, Eng. died June 8, 1865, Sydenham, near London English landscape gardener and designer …
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