TOURETTE'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tourette's syndrome mean? 

• TOURETTE'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun TOURETTE'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia

  Familiarity information: TOURETTE'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOURETTE'S SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Tourette's syndrome

Hypernyms ("Tourette's syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

When this kind of behavior becomes compulsive, however, it can get in the way of normal life — an impediment sometimes observed in illnesses such as Tourette's syndrome and autism spectrum disorders.

(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)