See Also: chorea minor(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
conus(dictionary)
conus(medicine)
supertraction conus(medicine)
pulmonary conus(medicine)
myopic conus(medicine)
conus medullaris(medicine)
distraction conus(medicine)
congenital conus(medicine)

conus medullaris (medicine) and chorea minor (medicine)


conus medullaris (medicine)


conus medullaris -->
medullary cone


The tapering lower extremity of the spinal cord.

Synonym: conus medullaris.


chorea minor (medicine)


chorea minor -->
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.