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Showing words for CHOREA using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Chorea

chorea, horace, ochrea, orache

5 Letter Words for Chorea

acher, achor, arche, chare, chore, corah, echar, ocher, ocrea, ohare, orach, rache, reach, roach, roche

4 Letter Words for Chorea

acer, ache, acor, acre, aero, arch, arco, care, cera, cero, chao, char, cher, cora, core, croh, each, echo, haec, hare, haro, hear, hera, hero, hoar, hoer, hora, hore, oche, orae, orca, orch, race, rach, rhea, rheo, roch

3 Letter Words for Chorea

ace, ach, aer, aho, aor, arc, are, car, ceo, cer, cha, che, cho, cor, cro, ear, ech, eco, era, hae, hao, heo, her, hoa, hoc, hoe, hor, oar, oca, och, oer, ora, orc, ore, rah, rea, rec, reh, rha, rhe, rho, roc, roe

Definitions for Chorea

[1] any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
[2] Also called St. Vitus's dance. such a disease occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
[3] Veterinary Pathology . a disease of the central nervous system caused by bacterial or organic degeneration, most common in dogs following canine distemper, characterized by irregular, jerky, involuntary muscular movements.
[4] a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by uncontrollable irregular brief jerky movements See Huntington's disease, Sydenham's chorea

Words nearby Chorea

chordoskeleton, chordotomy, chordotonal, chordwise, chore, chorea, choregus, choreic abasia, choreic movement, choreiform, choreman

Origin of Chorea

1680–90; < Greek choreía a dance, equivalent to chor(ós ) chorus + -eia -y3

Words that may be confused with Chorea

chorea, Korea

Other words from Chorea

cho·re·al , cho·re·ic , cho·re·at·ic [kawr-ee-at -ik, kohr-] /ˌkɔr iˈæt ɪk, ˌkoʊr-/ , adjective
cho·re·oid [kawr -ee-oid, kohr -] /ˈkɔr iˌɔɪd, ˈkoʊr-/ , adjective
cho•re′ al null adj.

Word origin for Chorea

C19: from New Latin, from Latin: dance, from Greek khoreia, from khoros dance; see chorus