choreiform

[ kuh-ree-uh-fawrm ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. of, relating to, or resembling chorea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of choreiform¹

First recorded in 1905–10; chore(a) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

When L. was eight years old choreiform movements of the right arm began to appear, and soon rendered writing an impossibility.

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