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Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette’s syndrome Tourette’s disorder Gilles de la Tourette syndrome GTS or more commonly simply Tourette’s or TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. These tics characteristically wax and wane can be suppressed temporarily and are preceded by a premonitory urge.