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

1. (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