Huntington's chorea

Variant of Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease definition

☆ Huntington's disease

a progressive hereditary chorea, accompanied by increasing mental deterioration
sometimes called Huntington's chorea

Etymology: after G. Huntington (1851-1916), U.S. physician

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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