- posthemiplegic chorea
- chorea that affects the partially paralyzed muscles after hemiplegia; see athetosis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
posthemiplegic chorea
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Chorea — Ceaseless rapid complex body movements that look well coordinated and purposeful but are, in fact, involuntary. Chorea was thought suggestive of a grotesque dance. The term chorea is derived from the Greek word choreia for dancing (as is… … Medical dictionary
Athetosis — Involuntary writhing movements particularly of the arms and hands. * * * A condition in which there is a constant succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of flexion, extension, pronation, and supination of the fingers and hands, and… … Medical dictionary
