Hun|ting|ton's chorea

Hun|ting|ton's chorea
Hun|ting|ton's chorea or Hun|ting|ton's disease «HUHN tihng tuhnz»,
an inherited disorder of the central nervous system, characterized by involuntary twitching of the muscles, distorted speech, and progressive degeneration of the brain.
╂[< George Huntington, 1851-1916, an American physician, who first described it]

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