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ST. VITUS DANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Vitus dance mean?
• ST. VITUS DANCE (noun)
The noun ST. VITUS DANCE has 1 sense:
1. chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever
Familiarity information: ST. VITUS DANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Saint Vitus dance; St. Vitus dance; Sydenham's chorea
Hypernyms ("St. Vitus dance" is a kind of...):
chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)
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