Medication Side Effects Glossary

noun a type of dance that involves rapid, irregular movements

• Chorea is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary jerky movements.
• My grandmother has chorea, which causes her to have trouble controlling her movements.
• I heard that some people call chorea 'the dancing disease' because of the uncontrollable movements.
• The chaos in the office felt like a chorea of conflicting agendas and actions.

adjective describing something that has not been fully broken down or absorbed, usually referring to food in the digestive system

• The undigested food particles were visible in the patient's stool during the examination.
• I can't believe you ate so quickly, there's undigested food in your plate!
• I feel so bloated after eating that pizza, there's undigested stuff in my stomach.
• The undigested emotions from the argument lingered in the air long after they had made up.