Sydenham's chorea
DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID, UNCOORDINATED JERKING MOVEMENTS PRIMARILY AFFECTING THE FACE, HANDS AND FEET
Sydenhams Chorea; Sydenham's Chorea; Rheumatic Chorea; Rheumatic chorea; Sydenham Chorea; Sydenham chorea; Chorea minor; Chorea St. Viti; Sydenham’s disease; Sydenham’s syndrome; Sydenham's Chorea or St Vitus Dance; Milk sign; Chorea van Sydenham
¦ noun a form of chorea chiefly affecting children, associated with rheumatic fever.
Origin
C19: named after the 17th-cent. English physician Thomas Sydenham.