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Definition of Acrocyanosis

1. Noun. Cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion.

Definition of Acrocyanosis

1. Noun. (pathology) A persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well. ¹

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Medical Definition of Acrocyanosis

1. A condition marked by symmetrical cyanosis of the extremities, with persistent, uneven, mottled blue or red discolouration of the skin of the digits, wrists and ankles and with profuse sweating and coldness of the digits. The appearance is causes by constriction of small arterioles in the limbs and may be associated with anxiety or a hormonal disorder. Synonym: Raynaud's sign. (12 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Acrocyanosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1906)
"acrocyanosis. acrocyanosis with Hypertrophy. ... a case of acrocyanosis with enlargement of the soft parts of the extremities. In a 65-year-old man cyanosis ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Finally the symptomatic diagnosis of acrocyanosis or aero- asphyxia may be made ... So we might agree with Cassirer that our case is one of acrocyanosis ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"Finally the symptomatic diagnosis of acrocyanosis or aero- asphyxia may be made ... So we might agree with Cassirer that our case is one of acrocyanosis ..."

4. Diseases of the heart and aorta by Arthur Douglass Hirschfelder (1918)
"The chief types of disease are acrocyanosis (Cassirer), ... acrocyanosis. Vasomotor symptoms—venous stagnation and hyperaemia in fingers and toes with ..."

5. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1896)
"acrocyanosis.—According to 31. Crocq, says a writer in the Journal des ... M. Crocq has observed two cases of acrocyanosis in hysterical subjects. ..."

6. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"Eleven percent had acrocyanosis. One hundred eighty inhabitants of ... In the 180, 30% and 22% had Raynaud's syndrome and acrocyanosis, respectively. ..."

7. Pulmonary tuberculosis by Maurice Fishberg (1922)
"Clinically it is, at times, difficult to determine with exactitude whether the dyspnea, acrocyanosis, edema, enlargement of the visceral organs, ..."

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