Relating to or affected by chorea, or characterized by involuntary jerking movements.
From Greek 'choreia' plus the Latin suffix '-atic' meaning 'relating to or characterized by.' It's a medical adjective form used in clinical descriptions.
Medical language borrowed the Greek word for dancing to describe a brain disorder—now doctors use 'choreatic movements' to describe the specific jerky pattern they see, showing how ancient and modern medicine connected through observation.
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