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Electric chorea
A rare form of chorea marked by sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle group. This causes violent movements as if the patient had been stimulated by an electric current.
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Posthemiplegic chorea
Chorea affecting partially paralyzed muscles subsequent to a hemiplegic attack.
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Mimetic chorea
Chorea caused by imitative movements.
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Hysteric chorea
A form of hysteria with choreiform movements.
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Hyoscine chorea
Movements simulating chorea and sometimes accompanied by delirium, seen in acute scopolamine intoxication.
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Chorea gravidarum
A form of Sydenham’s chorea seen in some pregnant women, usually in those who have had chorea before, especially in their first pregnancy.
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Epidemic chorea
Dancing mania; uncontrolled dancing. It was manifested in the 14th century in Europe.
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Chordata
A phylum of the animal kingdom including all animals that have a notochord during their development (i.e., all vertebrates).
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Chorda vocalis
The vocal folds of the larynx.
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Chorda tympani
A branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) that leaves the cranium through the stylomastoid foramen, traverses the tympanic cavity, and joins a branch of the lingual nerve. Efferent fibers innervate the submandibular and sublingual glands; afferent fibers convey taste impulses from the anterior two thirds of the tongue.
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