TOURETTE

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• TOURETTE (noun)
  The noun TOURETTE has 1 sense:

1. French neurologist (1857-1904)

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

• TOURETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French neurologist (1857-1904)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Georges Gilles de la Tourette; Gilles de la Tourette; Tourette

Instance hypernyms:

brain doctor; neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)

 Context examples 

A mutation in the gene may be associated with Tourette syndrome.

(HDC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

In Tourettes if we could reduce the excitability we might reduce the ticks and that's what we are working on.

(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)