Tourette’s syndrome
noun/tʊəˈrets sɪndrəʊm/
/tʊˈrets sɪndrəʊm/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition affecting the nervous system in which a person makes a lot of small movements and sounds that they cannot control, including using swear wordsWord Originlate 19th cent.: named after Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist.
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