: a movement disorder marked by involuntary spasmodic movements especially of the limbs and facial muscles and typically symptomatic of neurological dysfunction (such as that associated with a neurodegenerative disease or metabolic disturbance) see Huntington's disease
Recent Examples on the WebMedical concerns facing the midwives will include everything from breech birth to cancer, Huntington's chorea, and cataracts. Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2018 Six months later, doctors diagnosed Huntington’s chorea.Longreads, 26 Oct. 2017 He had been admitted with Huntington’s chorea after his family could no longer take care of him. Randall Fuller, WSJ, 28 July 2017 San Diego’s Auspex Pharmaceuticals developed a drug to manage Huntington’s chorea, the uncontrollable movements associated with the disease. Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, dance, from Greek choreia, from choros chorus