Raynaud's

noun

Raynaud's disease; Raynaud's phenomenon.

Meanings

nounRaynaud's (uncountable)
  1. uncountableRaynaud's disease; Raynaud's phenomenon.

    Check for Raynaud's. This inherited autoimmune condition affects between 3% and 20% of the adult population […]

    2008, Lucy Atkins, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 19

Origin

Named for Maurice Raynaud (1834–1881), the French physician who first described it.

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Chicago

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