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Raynaud's disease
[ rey-nohz ]
/ reÉȘËnoÊz /
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noun Pathology.
a vascular disorder of unknown cause, characterized by recurrent episodes of blanching and numbness of the fingers and toes and sometimes the tip of the nose and ears, usually triggered by stress or exposure to cold.
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Origin of Raynaud's disease
1880â85; named after Maurice Raynaud (1834â81), French physician who described it
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British Dictionary definitions for Raynaud's disease
Raynaud's disease
/ (ËreÉȘnÉÊz) /
noun
a disease, mainly affecting women, in which spasms in the blood vessels of the fingers or toes restrict blood flow to the affected part, which becomes pale, numb, and sometimes painfulOften shortened to: Raynaud's
Word Origin for Raynaud's disease
named after Maurice Raynaud (1834â81), French physician who first described it
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