angioneurosis
(ˌændʒɪəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs)
[ad. G. angioneurose (H. Quincke 1882, in Monatshefte f. Prakt. Dermatologie I. 130), f. angio- + neurosis.]
Neurosis of the blood vessels. So ˌangioneuˈrotic a., characterized by angioneurosis.
| 1887 Lond. Med. Rec. 33/1 (heading) Strübing on Acute (Angioneurotic) Œdema. 1889 Cent. Dict., Angioneurosis. 1908 Practitioner LXXX. 824 Colcott Fox, Quincke, and Walker put urticaria as an angioneurosis, while Pepper..calls angioneurotic œdema, ‘giant urticaria’, with symptoms of heat, swelling, itching. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxi. 490 An intermittent and acute œdematous condition due to unstable vasomotor reactions, frequently determined on an allergic basis, is relatively common in the lids (angioneurotic œdema). |