Neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia. There is some confusion about the correct name for this condition. The author's complete family name is Gilles de la Tourette, and the correct term is thus Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, although in everyday speech it is commonly referred to as just
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