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Definition of Choreic
1. a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Definition of Choreic
1. Adjective. (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea ¹
2. Noun. One who has chorea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Choreic
1. chorea [adj] - See also: chorea
Medical Definition of Choreic
1. Relating to or of the nature of chorea. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choreic
Literary usage of Choreic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical lectures on mental diseases by Sir Thomas Smith Clouston, Charles Follen Folsom (1884)
"She was quite sleepless, and the choreic movements had increased greatly in
intensity. Her limbs were never still a moment, and she threw her whole body ..."
2. Text-book of Psychiatry: A Psychological Study of Insanity for Practitioners by Emanuel Mendel (1907)
"The choreic Psychoses.1 (a) The Chorea of Sydenham. Easy irritability, changes
of the ... The choreic psychosis, as a rule, terminates in recovery. ..."
3. A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students by Leonardo Bianchi (1906)
"CHAPTER XXI choreic INSANITY CHOREA, of whatever form, ... Even at the commencement
of the disease, when the choreic movements are mistaken for childish ..."
4. Lectures on diseases of the nervous system by Jerome Keating Bauduy (1876)
"I omitted, however, to dwell upon the fact that the choreic movements are frequently
more marked on one side of the body than on the other,—sometimes, ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"Has intense choreic movements of " twelve years' duration. ... Recently her oldest
son has become choreic. She retrograded steadily in mind, as in " senile ..."
6. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1897)
"MYELITIS IN A choreic CHILD FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH ARSENIC. ... After the fifth
day the choreic movements ceased, and did not return. ..."
7. Therapeutic Gazette (1894)
"choreic subjects belong to one of two classes : (a) those who tend to get well
... The percentage of hypermetropia (usually latent) in choreic subjects is ..."
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