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ORTHOCHOREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orthochorea mean?
• ORTHOCHOREA (noun)
The noun ORTHOCHOREA has 1 sense:
1. a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect
Familiarity information: ORTHOCHOREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("orthochorea" is a kind of...):
chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)
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