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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 erectplay

  Familiarity information: ORTHOCHOREA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORTHOCHOREA (noun)


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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