Associations to the word «Chorea»

Wiktionary

CHOREA, noun. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
CHOREA, noun. (medicine) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; [1].

Dictionary definition

CHOREA, noun. Chorea in dogs.
CHOREA, noun. Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats