reflex sympathetic dystrophy

English

Noun

reflex sympathetic dystrophy (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, type 1 of the two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
    Alternative form: RSD (initialism)
    Synonyms: RND, reflex neurovascular dystrophy, algodystrophy
    Hypernyms: CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome < syndrome, disease < condition
    Coordinate term: causalgia (type 2)