chorea, sydenham's

chorea, sydenham's
   A disease or syndrome of children, usually following or companion to rheumatic fever, and having involuntary movements, anxiety and impaired memory. It usually clears up in two or three months. CHRONIC A disease or imbalance of long, slow duration, showing little overall change and characterized by periods of remission interspersed with acute episodes. The opposite of acute.

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  • Sydenham's chorea — noun chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever • Syn: ↑Saint Vitus dance, ↑St. Vitus dance • Hypernyms: ↑chorea * * * Sydenham s chorea 7 [Sydenham s chorea] [ˌsɪdnəmz kəˈriə] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sydenham, Thomas — born 1624, Wynford Eagle, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1689, London British physician. His Observationes medicae (1676) was a standard textbook for two centuries, noted for its detailed observations and the accuracy of its records. His treatise on… …   Universalium

  • Chorea gravidarum — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G25.5, O99.3 eMedicine …   Wikipedia

  • Sydenham-Chorea — [ßa̲i̲denhäm...; nach dem engl. Arzt Thomas Sydenham, 1624 bis 1689]: = Chorea minor …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Sydenham-Chorea —   [ sɪdnəm ], Veitstanz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • chorea gravidarum — chorea in the early months of pregnancy, with or without a previous history of rheumatic disease; it may be the presentation of a type such as Sydenham chorea or some other acute type, or may be idiopathic, and may recur in subsequent pregnancies …   Medical dictionary

  • Sydenham —   [ sɪdnəm], Thomas, englischer Arzt, * Wynford Eagle (bei Dorchester) 10. 9. 1624, ✝ London 29. 12. 1689. Sydenham erneuerte die hippokratische Medizin (»der englische Hippokrates« genannt), gründete die Krankheitserkennung auf scharfe… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • chorea minor — Sydenham c …   Medical dictionary

  • Sydenham's chorea — Saint Vitus dance redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Vitus dance (disambiguation). Sydenham s chorea Classification and external resources ICD 10 I02 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

  • Chorea minor — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 I02.0 Rheumatische Chorea mit Herzbeteiligung I02.9 Rheumatische Chorea ohne Herzbeteiligung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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