Sydenham disease

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• Sydenham's chorea — Syd·en·ham s chorea sid ən əmz n chorea following infection (as rheumatic fever) and occurring usu. in children and adolescents called also Saint Vitus dance Sydenham Thomas (1624 1689) British physician. Sydenham has been called the founder of… …   Medical dictionary

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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's chorea — a form of chorea that mainly affects children and adolescents, especially females. It can occur some months after an infection caused by β haemolytic streptococci (such as rheumatic fever or scarlet fever), causing uncontrolled movements of the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Sydenham's chorea — noun A disease characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements affecting primarily the face, feet and hands. Syn: St. Vitus’ dance …   Wiktionary

• Sydenham — Thomas, English physician, 1624–1689. See S. chorea, S. disease …   Medical dictionary

• SYDENHAM, THOMAS —    the English Hippocrates, born in Dorsetshire, educated at Oxford, and a Fellow of All Souls ; practised medicine in London, where, though regarded with disfavour by the faculty, he stood in high regard, and had an extensive practice, from his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia