SAINT VITUS DANCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever

Synonyms:

Saint Vitus dance; St. Vitus dance; Sydenham's chorea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Saint Vitus dance" is a kind of...):

chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)

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