tourette's disorder

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Definition of tourette's disorder in English English dictionary

Alternative name for Tourette syndrome

(Geometri) Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. These tics characteristically wax and wane, can be suppressed temporarily, and are preceded by a premonitory urge. Tourette's is defined as part of a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes provisional, transient and persistent (chronic) tics

Hyphenation

tourette's dis·or·der

Turkish pronunciation

tırets dîsôrdır

Pronunciation

/tərˈets dəsˈôrdər/ /tɜrˈɛts dɪsˈɔːrdɜr/