animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function

nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system

orthochorea - a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect

Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, Sydenham's chorea - chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever

tarantism - a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease - hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia