a serious and incurable illness in which a person’s brain cells deteriorate, causing jerky movements and a loss of the ability to think and rememberThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: Darshi from India on 16/07/2015
Synonyms and related words
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ague
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Huntington’s disease
noun uncountable medical
US /ˈhʌntɪŋtənz dɪˌziz/
DEFINITIONS1
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a serious and incurable illness in which a person’s brain cells deteriorate, causing jerky movements and a loss of the ability to think and rememberThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: Darshi from India on 16/07/2015