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Myxedema

noun
(Also spelled myxoedema)
1.
Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.  Synonym: myxoedema.





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... thyroid. In excess they produce such diseases as exophthalmic goiter, and goiter is concerned with the enlargement of the glands and surrounding tissues beyond anything like natural size. Then, too, a defect in the glands causes the disease known as myxedema in adults and cretinism in children. Most of all, the gland seems to tell on the germ plasm of the ...
— The War Terror • Arthur B. Reeve


Words linked to "Myxedema" :   myxoedema, hypothyroidism


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