#chorea any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
supertype: nervous_disorder degenerative_disorder
subtype: orthochorea a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect
subtype: Sydenham's_chorea__Saint_Vitus_dance__St._Vitus_dance chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever
subtype: tarantism a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the S European tarantula or wolf spider
subtype: Huntington's_chorea__Huntington's_disease hereditary; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia
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