Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A circulatory disorder caused by insufficient blood supply to the hands and feet and resulting in cyanosis, numbness, pain, and, in extreme cases, gangrene.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
disease .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A disease characterized by low blood flow to the fingers, toes, and/or ears.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Maurice Raynaud, (1834–1881), French physician.]
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Named after Maurice Raynaud, the French doctor who described the disease.
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