Tourette's syndrome

A form of Tourette syndrome — A neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical and vocal tics.

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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
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Meanings

nounTourette's syndrome (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Tourette syndrome.

    ‘We kids didnʼt know anything about Touretteʼs syndrome, but we knew this particular kid couldnʼt help yelling insults and making noises.’

    1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 266

Synonyms & antonyms

nounneurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia

Similar
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Broader
syndrome
Also see
gilles de la tourette syndrometourette syndrome

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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