Vitus’ dance Health Dictionary

An obsolete name for CHOREA.... st vitus’s dance

see sign of Dance.... dance’s sign

an archaic name for *Sydenham’s chorea.... st vitus’ dance

(Dance’s sign, signe de Dance) a feeling of emptiness on palpation of the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, which is thought to be characteristic of *intussusception. [J. B. H. Dance (1797–1832), French physician]... sign of dance