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acute chorea (medicine) and Defence (law)


acute chorea (medicine)


acute chorea -->
Sydenham's chorea


A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence.

Synonym: acute chorea, chorea minor, chorea, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham's disease.


Defence (law)


(1) Arguments put to a court to show that a criminal charge or a civil claim has not been proved.



(2) The lawyers who try to persuade the court that an accused person is not guilty or that a civil claim has not been proved.