Huntington's disease


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Huntington's disease
noun a hereditary disease marked by degeneration of brain cells, causing chorea and progressive dementia.
– origin C19: named after the American neurologist George Huntington.
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