raynaud's sign

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsacrocyanosis

   Broadercyanosis

Questions about raynaud's sign

What does raynaud's sign mean?

raynaud's sign means "cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion".

What is another word for raynaud's sign?

Close synonyms include acrocyanosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raynaud's sign a common word?

raynaud's sign is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.