Acroanesthesia
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Definition of the noun acroanesthesia
What does acroanesthesia mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: -
- loss of sensation in the extremities
- lexical domain: States - nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- alternative spelling: acroanaesthesia
- more generic terms: regional anaesthesia / regional anesthesia = loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region
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The Dictionary of Health Education (2010)
The Dictionary of Health Educationby David A. Bedworth, Albert E. Bedworth
ACROANESTHESIA A condition characterized by the absence of feeling in the extremities. ct: acroesthesia. ACROESTHESIA A condition in which there is an increased sensitivity in the extremities, esp. to pain. ct: ...
The Dictionary of Psychology (2002)
by Raymond J. Corsini
acroanesthesia Loss or ahsence of sensitivity in the extremities. Compare ACROESTHESIA. See ACRO- PARESTHESIA. acrocentric chromosome A chromosome in which the cemromere is near one end. making ...
Mosby's Dental Dictionary (2013)
by Elsevier, Mosby
acroanesthesia (ak′ rōan′esthē′zēə, -zhə), n anesthesia of the extremities. acrocephalia (ak′ rōəsefal′ēə), n a deformity of the head characterized by a superior and anterior bulge ...
DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TERMS,6th ed. (2012)
acroanesthesia, loss ...
The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families (2002)
by Chris Aldrich
acroanesthesia insensitivity of the extremities, such as the fingers and toes acroesthesia sensitivity of the extremities, ...
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (2011)
by Virginia P. Studdert, Clive C. Gay, Douglas C. Blood
acroanesthesia [ak′′ro-an′′es-the'zh ] anesthesia of the extremities. acrocentric [ak′′ro-sen'trik] having the centromere toward one end of the chromosome or chromatid; see telocentric chromosome.
Dictionary of Biomedical Science (2002)
by Peter J. Gosling
(USA: acroanesthesia). acrocentric chromosome (genetics) A CHROMOSOME whose CENTROMERE is towards one end. acrolein (chemistry) CH2=CHCHO Colourless (USA: colorless) LIQUID ORGANIC COMPOUND, with a pungent odour ...
Pocket Medical Dictionary (1999)
by B. Jain Publishers Staff
Acroanesthesia, ak-ro-an-es-the-ze-ah. Anesthesia of the extremities. Acroarthritis, ak-ro-ar-thri'-tis. Arthritis of the extremities. Acroasphyxia, ak-ro-as- fiks'-é-ah. Asphyxia of the extremities Acrobistiolith, ak-ro-bis'-te-o-lith. A preputial calculus.
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2013)
by Donald Venes, MD
acroanesthesia (ak”r6-an-és-the'ze-a) [” + an-, not, + aisthesis, sensation] Lack of sensation in one or more of the extremities. acroblast (ak'ro-blast”) [acro- + -last] A part of the Golgi apparatus in the spermatid from which ...
Dictionary of Parasitology (2005)
by Peter J. Gosling
(USA: acroanesthesia). acrocentric chromosome (genetics) A chromosome whose centromere is towards one end. acromio- (terminology) A word element. [ German] Prefix denoting acromion. Acrostichus (insect parasitology) A genus of ...
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (1992)
by Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press
Also, acroanesthesia. acrobatholith acropolis acrobatholith Geology, a mineral deposit found in or.
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Scrabble value of A1C3R1O1A1N1E1S1T1H4E1S1I1A1
The value of this 14-letter word is 19 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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