GRAVES' DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Graves' disease mean? 

• GRAVES' DISEASE (noun)
  The noun GRAVES' DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs

  Familiarity information: GRAVES' DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAVES' DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

exophthalmic goiter; Graves' disease

Hypernyms ("Graves' disease" is a kind of...):

hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyeball from the socket)

 Context examples 

Causes include diffuse hyperplasia of the thyroid gland (Graves' disease), single nodule in the thyroid gland, and thyroiditis.

(Hyperthyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

The classification of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) includes Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and its variants, Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis or primary myxedema.

(Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)