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Sydenham

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Noun

1. english hippocrates, sydenham, thomas sydenham

English physician (1624-1689)

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Sydenham

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noun
a form of chorea affecting children, often associated with rheumatic fever
. Nontechnical name: Saint Vitus's dance

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Sydenham

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English physician who advocated the Hippocratic ideal of close observation and recorded firsthand accounts of numerous diseases, including Sydenham's chorea.

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