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Choreic insanity

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

insanity arising from chorea, the latter being a nervous disease, more commonly attacking children than adults, characterized by irregular and involuntary twitch-ings of the muscles of the limbs aud face, popularly called "St. Vitus' dance."

Defined under Pellagrous insanity in Black's Law Dictionary.