单词 | acrodynia |
释义 | > as lemmasacrodynia acrodynia n. Brit. /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈdɪnɪə/ , U.S. /ˌækroʊˈdɪniə/ [after French acrodynie (A. Chardon 1830, in Rev. méd. française et étrangère 3 51)] Medicine (now historical) a disorder characterized by swelling and pain or paraesthesia of the hands and feet, with gastrointestinal and various other symptoms, probably resulting from mercury poisoning but originally also attributed to ergotism or arsenic poisoning; (in later use) spec. = pink disease n. at pink n.5 and adj.2 Compounds 2c.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by mercury hydrargyrosis1753 hydrargyria1810 mercurialism1829 acrodynia1830 hydrargyriasis1854 mercurialization1883 pink disease1921 1830 Chardon in Periscope Nov. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. (1831) 14 200/2 (heading) On the Acrodynia, or Epidemic which has reigned in Paris and its environs, since the year 1828. 1922 Brit. Jrnl. Children's Dis. 19 23 The cases in young children in America, described during 1920 and 1921 as acrodynia..,are of the same nature as the Australian ‘erythrœdema’ [sc. pink disease] cases. 2005 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 17 Apr. 20/3 They found a striking parallel in acrodynia, a 1930's ailment that occurred in some children exposed to mercury in lotions and teething powders. < as lemmas |
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