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chorea

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • South-Asia: /ˈkhorɪjɑ/
  • South-Asia: /khɵˈrɪjɑ/
  • US: /kəˈɹi.ə/
  • US: [khɵˈɹi.ə]
  • UK: /kəˈɹiːə/
  • UK: [khɵˈɹiːə]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: Korea (most accents)
  • rhymes with -iːə

1

noun

Meaning 1

An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dyskinesia

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: degenerative disorder, nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease

Narrower terms: orthochorea, Sydenham's chorea, Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, tarantism, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease

4

noun

Meaning 4

chorea in dogs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: canine chorea

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal disease

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: tanec svatého Víta — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Esperanto: ĥoreo — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Finnish: horos — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • German: Reigentanz — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • German: Veitstanz — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Portuguese: coreia — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Russian: хорово́д (xorovód) — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Slovak: tanec svätého Víta — an Ancient Greek circular dance
  • Catalan: corea — disease of the nervous system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞蹈病 (wǔdǎobìng) — disease of the nervous system
  • Czech: tanec svatého Víta — disease of the nervous system
  • Danish: sanktvejtsdans — disease of the nervous system
  • Faroese: vitusardansur — disease of the nervous system
  • Finnish: korea — disease of the nervous system
  • Finnish: tanssitauti — disease of the nervous system
  • Galician: corea — disease of the nervous system
  • Galician: tremesía — disease of the nervous system
  • German: Chorea — disease of the nervous system
  • Greek: χορεία (choreía) — disease of the nervous system
  • Indonesian: korea — disease of the nervous system
  • Italian: corea — disease of the nervous system
  • Japanese: 舞踏病 (butōbyō) — disease of the nervous system
  • Japanese: 舞踏運動 (butō undō) — disease of the nervous system
  • Persian: رقصاک (raqsâk) — disease of the nervous system
  • Persian: داءالرقص (dâ'-or-raqs) — disease of the nervous system
  • Polish: pląsawica — disease of the nervous system
  • Portuguese: coreia — disease of the nervous system
  • Russian: ви́ттова пля́ска (víttova pljáska) — disease of the nervous system
  • Russian: пля́ска свято́го Ви́тта (pljáska svjatóvo Vítta) — disease of the nervous system
  • Russian: хоре́я (xoréja) — disease of the nervous system
  • Slovak: tanec svätého Víta — disease of the nervous system
  • Spanish: corea — disease of the nervous system