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- noun Alternative name for
Tourette syndrome .
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Examples
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The petition, set up before Cameron made his comment, complains that the term "Tourette's" is often used humorously to describe any apparent inability to control sounds and movements.
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The petition, set up before Mr Cameron made his comment, complains that the term "Tourette's" is often used humorously to describe any apparent inability to control sounds and movements.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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David Cameron has apologised after making a comment about Ed Balls in which he referred to Tourette's syndrome.
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Besides elongating the leg, they tone the thigh muscle -- which means women get to skip yoga and the meditation/Tourette's refrain running through the mind over the course of the class.
Emily Bracken: 10 Signs She'll Be a High Maintenance Girlfriend Emily Bracken 2011
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Besides elongating the leg, they tone the thigh muscle -- which means women get to skip yoga and the meditation/Tourette's refrain running through the mind over the course of the class.
Emily Bracken: 10 Signs She'll Be a High Maintenance Girlfriend Emily Bracken 2011
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But a push is on to expand research into how well these brain stimulators tackle the most severe cases of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome — to know best how to use them before too many doctors and patients clamor to try.
Brain pacemakers 'could tackle tough psychiatric diseases' 2011
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And just because the tics of Tourette's fade or depression lightens doesn't mean patients can abandon traditional therapy.
Brain pacemakers 'could tackle tough psychiatric diseases' 2011
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Besides elongating the leg, they tone the thigh muscle -- which means women get to skip yoga and the meditation/Tourette's refrain running through the mind over the course of the class.
Emily Bracken: 10 Signs She'll Be a High Maintenance Girlfriend Emily Bracken 2011
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Or, what if someone with a verbal tic (maybe borderline Tourette's syndrome) had a stroke that affected their speech, leaving them only able to repeat a seemingly meaningless phrase?
Writing Question: What Comes First? odysseyworkshop 2009
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I love the idea of, for example, a fairly traditional detective novel in which the detective has Tourette's ...
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