acro-, acr-


acroagnosis (s) (noun), acroagnoses (pl)
A decrease of any sensory recognitions or feelings of a limb (arms or legs) of the body: In physiotherapy it became apparent that Clark was experiencing acroagnosis because he was unable to feel any sensations in his arms.
acroanesthesia (s) (noun), acroanesthesias (pl)
acroarthritis (s) (noun), acroarthritides (pl)
A medical condition affecting the joints (where two bones meet); usually, inflammation of the fingers or toes: "Oliver's acroarthritis caused inflammation of his fingers resulting in swelling, stiffness, and pain."
acroasphyxia (s) (noun) (no plural)
1. Neurosis marked by poor digital circulation of the extremities.
2. Impaired finger circulation, possibly a mild form of Raynaud’s disease (spasm of the digital arteries causing pallor or blanching of the fingers and toes), showing a purplish or waxy white color of the fingers, with subnormal local temperature and paresthesia or abnormal skin sensations: "Acroasphyxia is also known as "dead fingers" or "waxy fingers".
acroataxia (s) (noun), acroaaxias (pl)
The inability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements which affect the distal portion of the extremities; such as, the hands and fingers, the feet, and the toes: "Acroataxia results in a person being unable to coordinate his or her muscle activities when trying to move around, so that no smooth movements can be performed."
acrobat (s) (noun), acrobats (pl)
acrobatic (adjective), more acrobatic, most acrobatic
acroblast (s) (noun), acroblasts (pl)
A granule within the young sperm cell (a spermatid) that eventually becomes the acrosome or caplike front part of a fully developed sperm cell.
acrobrachycephaly (s) (noun), acrobrachycephalies (pl)
A condition resulting from a fusion of the coronal suture, causing abnormal shortening of the front and back areas of the skull: "A condition that involves acrobrachycephaly results in a person having an abnormally short head in the front and the back because of the joining together of the bone of the forehead and the two parietal bones, the bones that form the sides and the top of the skull.
acrobryous (adjective), more acrobryous, most acrobryous
Growing only at the tip or apex of a leaf or blossom.
Inflammation of the prepuce (foreskin).
acrocentric (adjective), more acrocentric, most acrocentric
