(n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the 2nd family, several members had cerebellar signs, chorea, and dementia.
(2) The patient with hemichorea showed hypometabolism in the striatum on the contralateral side to the chorea.
(3) This treatment was given to 11 patients with Huntington's chorea (ChH), 4 with faciolingual dyskinesis (DFL), 3 with torticollis spasmodicus (TS), 3 with maladie des tics (MT) and 8 with dyskinesia following treatment with L-dopa (MP).
(4) This condition is characterized by early childhood onset of chorea which is not progressive and is compatible with a long life.
(5) Huntington's chorea is an autosomal dominant inherited disease with a chronic course and atrophy of the corpus striatum.
(6) Polyarthritis alone was present in 51 cases, carditis alone in 31, and combined carditis and polyarthritis in 28; chorea was diagnosed in 5.
(7) The occurrence of this and related syndromes suggests that inherited, slowly progressive myoclonus, chorea, and dystonia, alone or in combination, should be viewed as a spectrum of hyperkinetic involuntary movements, and that each motor component may represent variable expression of the same genetic defect.
(8) Evidence is drawn from both clinical observations and experimental studies in a spectrum of movement disorders ranging from ballism through chorea to parkinsonism.
(9) Similar dystonic-dyskinetic attacks, but of long duration and unresponsive to medication, were also observed in two other patients, in one 20 years before the onset of clinically apparent Huntington's chorea.
(10) This case is consistent with the existence of a recurrent syndrome of hormone-induced chorea.
(11) A 79-year-old woman had rheumatic chorea that persisted after age 5 years and increased in severity at age 73.
(12) This study strongly suggests that valproate is an effective drug in the treatment of Sydenham's chorea.
(13) The impression gained from the literature that Huntington's chorea rarely occurs in Blacks is strengthened.
(14) Dopamine antagonists are effective in suppressing hyperkinetic symptoms in patients with tardive dyskinesia, spontaneous oral dyskinesia, Huntington's chorea, and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome.
(15) TD and L-DOPA-induced chorea may be more pathophysiologically similar to each other than either is to Huntington's chorea.
(16) The hereditary choreas are studied in Liège since twenty-five years.
(17) The prevalence of Huntington's chorea in East Anglia was sought by following up a series of different sources, both in hospitals and in the community.
(18) Significantly low values for threonine, alanine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine and histidine were found in the Huntington's chorea patients.
(19) For example, some so-called senile movement disorders, such as senile tremor and senile chorea, may relate to alterations in dopaminergic transmission with age, as might the general findings of increased slowing of movements and mildly increased rigidity with age, although it is not clear how common some of these changes are in the medically healthy elderly.
(20) Noteworthy are its actions on cholinergic neurons that degenerate in Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea.
Chorus
Definition:
(n.) A band of singers and dancers.
(n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
(n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
(n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
(n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
(n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
(n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
(v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(2) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
(3) She says that, while she stayed away from the more difficult ramifications of that upbringing, she nevertheless plunged right into the "hot quicksand" of the Arab-Israeli conflict, right down into the Biblical roots of Jewish-Muslim conflict in the story of Abraham, Hagar, Isaac and Ishmael (which she meditates upon in the opera's Hagar chorus), and into the vortex of questions about Israel's right to exist and what motivates terrorists.
(4) It ends with a tune featuring the chorus: "My body's nobody's body but mine.
(5) "I'm Ms Dy-na-mi-TEE-ee," she sang on the chorus, putting an emphasis on the penultimate syllable.
(6) Rafa Benítez, Rafa Benítez,” fans chorused, with the volume being raised appreciably once Gini Wijnaldum gave them lead.
(7) For every “coterie” of Audens, Spenders and Isherwoods, there is a chorus of George Orwells, Roy Campbells and Dylan Thomases, spitting vitriol.
(8) "Little by little the vast orchestra of life, the chorus of the natural world, is in the process of being quietened.
(9) Starting small, with oddly tweaked vocal samples and ominous-sounding piano, the first half is brilliantly brooding, to the point where the first chorus of “I love these streets but they weren’t meant for me to walk” arrives at the 45-second mark just as all the music drops away completely.
(10) I for one can't wait for the traditional Transfer Deadline Day dinner later this afternoon, followed by wine and cheese and a rousing chorus of several of the traditional Transfer Deadline Day songs.
(11) The company has lurched from one crisis to the next over the past two years, including industrial action this spring by the chorus, with a strike only narrowly averted .
(12) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World chorus Who Is He (And What Is He To You?)
(13) Even by the standards of Chi magazine – which has in the past published paparazzi shots of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless – the tone has appalled Italians and prompted a chorus of condemnation.
(14) The aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has added its voice to the chorus of concern by announcing that it had halted work in the coastal city of Misrata because staff were being asked to patch up detainees during torture sessions.
(15) Satellite of Love "Lou's rich vocals coupled with Bowies ethereal chorus.
(16) He oversees Radio 3 , the Proms, five BBC orchestras, the BBC Singers and the choruses attached to two of the orchestras.
(17) The track has been referenced a huge amount in the past few months on social media, whether through verse that apes the “Hey now, you’re an all star” structure of the chorus or by remixing the track itself in ridiculous ways.
(18) Outside the court, dozens of fans cheered, chanted slogans against Hicks and Gillett and serenaded the three board members with the a chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone."
(19) Donald Trump on Sunday stood by incendiary remarks in which he mocked Senator John McCain over his capture during the Vietnam war, refusing to bow to a chorus of criticism from Republicans and insisting he has no plans to pull out of the party’s presidential nomination contest.
(20) Bob gave a really touching speech before we started singing, so that really got everybody in the mind frame that we needed to be in to remind us that it’s fun but we’re here for a really serious reason.” Sandé added that the participants “sounded like a really powerful choir” when they sang the chorus.