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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
(zhēl-dә-lah-too-retī)
a syndrome comprising both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics that occur for at least one year, either intermittently
or sometimes numerous times in one day. Obsessions, compulsions, hyperactivity, distractibility, and impulsivity are often
associated. Onset is in childhood, and tics often lessen in severity and frequency and may even remit during adolescence and
adulthood. Called also Tourette syndrome.
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