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peer(medicine)
peer(2)(dictionary)
peer(1)(dictionary)
PEER(law)
peer-to-peer(dictionary)
peer(dictionary)
peer group(medicine)
Peer review(health)
peer 2, verb(dictionary)

degenerative chorea (medicine) and peer(1) (iou)


degenerative chorea (medicine)


degenerative chorea -->
Huntington's chorea


A progressive disorder usually beginning in young to middle age, consisting of a triad of choreoathetosis, dementia, and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance. Bilateral marked wasting of the putamen and the head of the caudate nucleus is characteristic.

Synonym: chronic progressive chorea, degenerative chorea, hereditary chorea, Huntington's disease.


peer(1) (iou)



peer noun1 & adjective. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French per, peer (mod. pair) from Latin par, par- equal: cf. PAIR noun1.]
A. noun.
A person of the same standing or rank as the person(s) in question; a person or thing of the same effectiveness or ability as the one(s) in question; an equal. ME.
have no peer be unequalled, be unrivalled.
J. Bryce Some of those men were the peers of the best European statesmen of the time.
b. A person of the same age-group or social set as the person(s) in question. M20.
J. Fowles He was not like the great majority of his peers and contemporaries. Scientific American The major difference between U.S. babies and their age peers in Other countries is that U.S. babies are smaller.
A person who is associated with another; a companion; a rival. ME-E19
A person of high rank; a noble. ME.
spec. A member of one of the degrees of nobility in the UK or its constituent countries, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Cf. PEERESS. LME.
life peer: see LIFE noun. peer of the realm any of the category of hereditary peers who (when of age and not otherwise disqualified) are entitled to a seat in the House of Lords. peer of the United Kingdom, (Hist.) peer of England, peer of Great Britain = peer of the realm above.
Greek History. A citizen of Sparta who had equal right to hold State offices. M19.
Comb.: peer group a group of people, freq. a group of adolescents, having the same age, social status, interests, etc.; peer pressure pressure or influence arising from members of a person's peer group; peer review the evaluation by (Other) experts of a research project for which a grant is sought, a paper received for publication in a learned journal, etc.; gen. a review of commercial, professional, or academic Efficiency, competence, etc., by others in the same occupation; peer-review verb trans. subject to peer review; peer-to-peer adjective denoting computer networks in which each computer can act as a server for the others, allowing shared access to files and peripherals without the need for a central server.
b. adjective. Equal (to). Long rare. ME.
peerdom noun (a) = PEERAGE 2; (b) the territory of a French peer; (c) equality: E17.
peership noun (a) = PEERAGE 2; (b) = peerdom (b); (c) equality: L16.