acropathy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
Example Sentences
- "Kahane himself, however, finally gives as his own opinion that it should be ranked among the acropathies, which he defines as those affections which are localized in the peripheral parts of the limbs and as the ultimate basis of which are assumed lesions of a vasomotor nature."
- "Patients with Graves' disease infrequently have acropathy consisting of digital "drumstick" clubbing of fingers or toes and subperiosteal newborn formation."
- "Of patients with pretibial myxedema, only 7% develop acropathy."