Huntington's chorea

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Hun′tington's chore′a, [Pathol.]

1. Pathology a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life. Also called Hun′tington's disease′. 

• named after George south, southern. Huntington (1850–1916), U.south, southern. physician, who described it in 1872