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TOURETTE'S DISEASE

\tʊ͡əɹˈɛts dɪzˈiːz], \tʊ‍əɹˈɛts dɪzˈiːz], \t_ʊə_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_s d_ɪ_z_ˈiː_z]\

Definitions of TOURETTE'S DISEASE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Nervous disease marked by inco-ordination, convulsions, and speech disorders.
Convulsive tic, with coprolalia, echolalia, and loss of co-ordination of movements.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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