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Myxoedema

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





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"Myxoedema" Quotes from Famous Books



... iodine-albumin—iodothyrin—and plays an important part in maintaining the normal metabolism of the body, particularly of the central nervous and cutaneous tissues in adults, and of the bones in children. Disturbance of the function of the thyreoid gland plays a part in producing the symptoms characteristic of myxoedema, cretinism, ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Myxoedema" :   hypothyroidism, myxedema


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