Tou|rette syndrome

Tou|rette syndrome: Tou|rette syndrome «tu REHT»,

a nervous disorder characterized by spasms of the facial muscles, shoulders, and extremities accompanied by involuntary grunts and other noises. It usually begins in late childhood and is found mostly in males.

╂[< Gilles de la Tourette, 1857-1904, a French neurologist, who first described it]

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