a rare hereditary type of chorea, marked by involuntary jerky movements, impaired speech, and increasing dementia
Former name: Huntington's chorea
Word origin
C19: named after George Huntington (1850–1916), US neurologist
Huntington's chorea in American English
noun
Pathology
a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life
Also called: Huntington's disease
Word origin
[named after George S. Huntington (1850–1916), U.S. physician, who described it in 1872]