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MYXEDEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myxedema mean? 

MYXEDEMA (noun)
  The noun MYXEDEMA has 1 sense:

1. hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deteriorationplay

  Familiarity information: MYXEDEMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYXEDEMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

myxedema; myxoedema

Hypernyms ("myxedema" is a kind of...):

hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)


 Context examples 


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)



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