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myxoedema
/ 藢m瑟ks瑟藞d蓻m蓹t蓹s; -藞di藧-; 藢m瑟ks瑟藞di藧m蓹; 藢m瑟ks瑟藞d蓻m瑟k /
noun
- a disease resulting from underactivity of the thyroid gland characterized by puffy eyes, face, and hands and mental sluggishness See also cretinism
Derived Forms
- myxoedemic, adjective
Example Sentences
The same may be said also of the different forms of cerebral and spinal sclerosis, of pernicious an锟絤ia, and of myxoedema.
It is found, however, that its removal entails myxoedema, a condition closely allied to cretinism.
But in that year Dr George Murray published his discovery of the effect of hypodermic injections of thyroid gland extract in cases of myxoedema.
He also did valuable work on the internal secretion of organs, the results of which have been applied with the most satisfactory results in the treatment of myxoedema.
But from this time on no further work was undertaken until the discovery of the treatment of myxoedema by thyroid extract, and the consequent researches into the physiology of the ductless glands.
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