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Definition of Tourette's syndrome noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Tourette's syndrome

noun

NAmE//tʊˈrɛts ˌsɪndroʊm//

[uncountable] (medical)

a disorder of the nerves in which a person makes a lot of small movements and sounds that they cannot control, including using swear words

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