Definition of St. Vitus dance

1. Noun. Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.

Exact synonyms: Saint Vitus Dance, Sydenham's Chorea
Generic synonyms: Chorea

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Vitus Dance

St. Peter
St. Peter's wreath
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Petersburg
St. Simon
St. Stephen's Day
St. Thomas
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas a Becket
St. Thomas and Principe
St. Valentine's Day
St. Vincent
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Vitus
St. Vitus' dance
St. Vitus dance (current term)
St1C1 N-hydroxyarylamine sulfotransferase
StAX
StE
St Albans
St Andrews
St Andrews's cross
St Bernard
St George's Channel
St Giles' Greek
St Helens
St Ignatius' bean
St James's
St James's Palace
St John

Literary usage of St. Vitus dance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Workmen's Compensation, Rules of Procedure, Tables, Forms by William Richard Schneider (1922)
"St. Vitus dance.—An employee developed St. ... Medical experts were of the opinion that this was a sufficient shock to cause St. Vitus dance, ..."

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