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St Vitus' dance

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St Vitus' dance

Archaic name for Sydenham's chorea, a transient disorder of childhood and adolescence, often associated with rheumatic fever. St Vitus, martyred under the Roman emperor Diocletian, was the patron saint of dancers.


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