— choreal, choreic, choreatic /kawr'ee at"ik, kohr'-/ , adj. — choreoid /kawr"ee oyd', kohr"-/ , adj.
/keuh ree"euh, kaw-, koh-/ , n. Pathol.
1. any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
2. Also called St. Vitus's dance. such a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
3. Vet. Pathol. a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements.
[ 1680-90; choreía a dance, equiv. to chor ( ós ) CHORUS + -eia -Y 3 ]