acrotrophoneurosis

/ac·ro·tropho·neu·ro·sis/ (ak″ro-trof″o-ndbobr-ro´sis) trophoneurotic disturbance of limbs.

An obsolete term dignifying the trophic changes seen in extremities affected by peripheral neuropathies.

(ak″rō-trof″o-nu-rō′sis) [acro- + trophoneurosis]

Trophoneurosis of the extremities with trophic, neuritic, and vascular changes. It is usually caused by prolonged immersion in water.

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