"chorea" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʰorɪjɑ/ (note: Indic), /kʰɵˈrɪjɑ/ (note: Indic), /kəˈɹi.ə/ [US], [kʰɵˈɹi.ə] [US], /kəˈɹiːə/ [UK], [kʰɵˈɹiːə] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Korea.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-chorea.wav Forms: choreas [plural], choreae [plural], choreæ [plural]
Rhymes: -iːə Etymology: From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χορεία}} Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|choreae|choreæ}} chorea (countable and uncountable, plural choreas or choreae or choreæ)
  1. An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an Ancient Greek circular dance): tanec svatého Víta [masculine] (Czech), ĥoreo (Esperanto), horos (Finnish), Reigentanz [masculine] (German), Veitstanz [masculine] (German), coreia [feminine] (Portuguese), хорово́д (xorovód) (english: the Russian variety, khorovod) [masculine] (Russian), tanec svätého Víta [masculine] (Slovak)
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  2. (pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: dyskinesia Translations (disease of the nervous system): corea [feminine] (Catalan), 舞蹈病 (wǔdǎobìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tanec svatého Víta [masculine] (Czech), sanktvejtsdans [common-gender] (Danish), vitusardansur [masculine] (Faroese), korea (Finnish), tanssitauti (Finnish), corea [feminine] (Galician), tremesía [feminine] (Galician), Chorea [feminine] (German), χορεία (choreía) [feminine] (Greek), korea (Indonesian), corea [feminine] (Italian), 舞踏病 (butōbyō) (alt: ぶとうびょう) (Japanese), 舞踏運動 (butō undō) (alt: ぶとううんどう) (Japanese), رقصاک (raqsâk) (Persian), داءالرقص (dâ'-or-raqs) (Persian), pląsawica [feminine] (Polish), coreia [feminine] (Portuguese), ви́ттова пля́ска (víttova pljáska) [feminine] (Russian), пля́ска свято́го Ви́тта (pljáska svjatóvo Vítta) [feminine] (Russian), хоре́я (xoréja) [feminine] (Russian), tanec svätého Víta [masculine] (Slovak), corea (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: choreodrama, choreography, choreomania, choreo-, chorus, subchoreal

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/kʰɵˈrɪjɑ/",
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}
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "word": "chorea-acanthocytosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "chorea gravidarum"
    },
    {
      "word": "choreal"
    },
    {
      "word": "choreatic"
    },
    {
      "word": "choreic"
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      "word": "choreiform"
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    },
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      "word": "chorein"
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    {
      "word": "choreoathetosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "choreoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "hemichorea"
    },
    {
      "word": "Huntington's chorea"
    },
    {
      "word": "monochorea"
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    {
      "word": "Sydenham's chorea"
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      "word": "choreography"
    },
    {
      "word": "choreomania"
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    {
      "word": "choreo-"
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      "word": "chorus"
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      "word": "subchoreal"
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        "uncountable"
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          "word": "dyskinesia"
        }
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          "pathology"
        ],
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          "diseases",
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        ],
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          "nervous system#English"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance."
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʰorɪjɑ/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɵˈrɪjɑ/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈɹi.ə/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɵˈɹi.ə]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈɹiːə/",
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        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɵˈɹiːə]",
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        "UK"
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      "homophone": "Korea (most accents)"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanec svatého Víta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "word": "ĥoreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "word": "horos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Reigentanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Veitstanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coreia"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "the Russian variety, khorovod",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "xorovód",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "the Russian variety, khorovod",
      "word": "хорово́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "an Ancient Greek circular dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanec svätého Víta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corea"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wǔdǎobìng",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "舞蹈病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanec svatého Víta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sanktvejtsdans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vitusardansur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "korea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "tanssitauti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corea"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tremesía"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chorea"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "choreía",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χορεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "korea"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corea"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶとうびょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "butōbyō",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "舞踏病"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶとううんどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "butō undō",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "舞踏運動"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "raqsâk",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "رقصاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "dâ'-or-raqs",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "داءالرقص"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pląsawica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coreia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "víttova pljáska",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́ттова пля́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pljáska svjatóvo Vítta",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пля́ска свято́го Ви́тта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "xoréja",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хоре́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tanec svätého Víta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "disease of the nervous system",
      "word": "corea"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chorea"
}

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