acro-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acro-; Greek ἀκρο-.

Etymology: < classical Latin acro- and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρο-, combining form (in e.g. ἀκρόπολις acropolis n., ἀκρόνυχος acronic adj.¹, Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος stone-tipped (see acrolith n.)) of ἄκρος highest, topmost, outermost, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as edge n. Compare French acro- (found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin and Greek words from the 16th cent., and in independent formations from the 19th cent.: see e.g. acrologic adj., acrodynia n. at sense 2).Found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin and Greek words from the second half of the 16th cent., as acrochordon n., acronic adj.¹, acropolis n., etc.; in some cases wholly or partly via French, e.g. acrostic adj.¹, acroter n. Independent formations in English are found apparently from the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. acrogen n., acrophonic adj.

1. Forming terms relating to height, or to the highest or foremost part of something, as acrocephalic adj., acrogen n., acrolect n., acrophobia n.

2. Chiefly Medicine. Forming terms relating to peripheral parts, esp. the extremities of the body, as acromegaly n., acroparaesthesia n., etc.

acrocyanosis n.

Brit.

/ˌakrəʊsʌɪəˈnəʊsɪs/

U.S.

/ˈˌækroʊˌsaɪəˈnoʊsəs/

[after French acrocyanose (J. B. Crocq 1896, in Arch. de Neurol. 2 218)] Medicine cyanosis of the extremities.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > deficiency of air or oxygen

venosity1817

blue jaundice1821

cyania1822

cyanose1834

cyanosis1834

malaeration1843

hypoxaemia1886

anoxaemia1890

acrocyanosis1896

1896 Med. Rec. 26 Sept. 457/2 It seemed to Crocq that acrocyanosis was more especially a hysterical vasomotor phenomenon.

1961 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 6 Jan. 12/5 Victims of acrocyanosis have reasons to retreat into the background. Their hands are as wet and cold as a fish.

2005 B. T. Walsh & D. A. Satir in J. E. Mitchell & C. B. Peterson Assessm. Eating Disorders i. 9 The hands and feet may be cold and blue (acrocyanosis).

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.

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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.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acro-
释义	acro-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acro-; Greek ἀκρο-. Etymology: < classical Latin acro- and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρο-, combining form (in e.g. ἀκρόπολις acropolis n., ἀκρόνυχος acronic adj.¹, Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος stone-tipped (see acrolith n.)) of ἄκρος highest, topmost, outermost, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as edge n. Compare French acro- (found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin and Greek words from the 16th cent., and in independent formations from the 19th cent.: see e.g. acrologic adj., acrodynia n. at sense 2).Found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin and Greek words from the second half of the 16th cent., as acrochordon n., acronic adj.¹, acropolis n., etc.; in some cases wholly or partly via French, e.g. acrostic adj.¹, acroter n. Independent formations in English are found apparently from the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. acrogen n., acrophonic adj. 1. Forming terms relating to height, or to the highest or foremost part of something, as acrocephalic adj., acrogen n., acrolect n., acrophobia n. 2. Chiefly Medicine. Forming terms relating to peripheral parts, esp. the extremities of the body, as acromegaly n., acroparaesthesia n., etc. acrocyanosis n. Brit. /ˌakrəʊsʌɪəˈnəʊsɪs/ , U.S. /ˈˌækroʊˌsaɪəˈnoʊsəs/ [after French acrocyanose (J. B. Crocq 1896, in Arch. de Neurol. 2 218)] Medicine cyanosis of the extremities. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > deficiency of air or oxygen venosity1817 blue jaundice1821 cyania1822 cyanose1834 cyanosis1834 malaeration1843 hypoxaemia1886 anoxaemia1890 acrocyanosis1896 1896 Med. Rec. 26 Sept. 457/2 It seemed to Crocq that acrocyanosis was more especially a hysterical vasomotor phenomenon. 1961 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 6 Jan. 12/5 Victims of acrocyanosis have reasons to retreat into the background. Their hands are as wet and cold as a fish. 2005 B. T. Walsh & D. A. Satir in J. E. Mitchell & C. B. Peterson Assessm. Eating Disorders i. 9 The hands and feet may be cold and blue (acrocyanosis). 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form1830
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