Huntingtons chorea

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Hun′tington's chore′a

a hereditary chorea, appearing in middle age, characterized by gradual deterioration of the brain and gradual loss of voluntary movement.

[after George S. Huntington (1850–1916), U.S. physician, who described it in 1872]

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