St. Vitus' dance

English

Alternative forms

Saint Vitus' dance

Etymology

Because people traditionally prayed to Saint Vitus for heavenly intercession to relieve the burden of the disease.

Noun

St. Vitus' dance

(medicine, archaic) Any chorea; usually, more specifically:
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:St. Vitus' dance.
1. Sydenham's chorea.
2. Huntington's chorea.

Translations

Sydenham's chorea — see also Sydenham's chorea

Arabic: دَاء الرَقْص m (dāʔ ar-raqṣ)
Czech: tanec svatého Víta m
French: danse de Saint Guy f
German: Veitstanz (de) m
Greek: χορός του Σαν Βίτο m (chorós tou San Víto)
Italian: ballo di San Vito m
Russian: пля́ска свято́го Ви́тта (ru) f (pljáska svjatóvo Vítta)
Swedish: danssjuka c

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