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complex regional pain syndrome

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-plex re-gion-al -pain syn-drome
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, changes in the skin (e.g., erythema, edema), functional impairment, and sensory and vasomotor disturbance. Often it initially affects an arm or leg before spreading through the body; it is associated with dysregulation of the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

complex regional pain syndromes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does complex regional pain syndrome mean?
A chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, changes in the skin (e.g., erythema, edema), functional impairment, and sensory and vasomotor disturbance. Often it initially affects an arm or leg before spreading through the body; it is associated with dysregulation of the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.

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