Raynaud's disease

American  

[rey-nohz] / reɪˈnoʊz /

noun

Pathology.

1. 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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Raynaud's disease British  

/ ˈreɪnəʊz /

noun

1. Often shortened to: Raynaud's.  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 painful

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Etymology

Origin of Raynaud's disease

1880–85; named after Maurice Raynaud (1834–81), French physician who described it

Example Sentences

Her primary care doctor sent her to a rheumatologist who diagnosed Raynaud’s disease, a typically self-limiting condition in which small arteries that supply blood to the skin overreact to stress or cold temperatures.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

Anastasia is finding some relief for the migraines but not much for the feet issues, which have also resulted in a diagnosis of Raynaud's disease.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2022

Those signs include fatigue, abdominal pain, weakness, neuropathy and Raynaud’s disease, a reaction to cold temperatures or stress that can result in a narrowing of blood vessels.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

Raynaud’s disease is an integral part of scleroderma.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2010

There may be tinglings in the ends of the fingers, occasionally with suffusion, erythromelalgia—Weir Mitchell's disease—and even a tendency to the white "dead fingers" as the French call them, of Raynaud's disease.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)