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exophthalmic goitre

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noun

  1. Also called: Graves' disease.  a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss

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Anesthesia per rectum by ether with olive oil, particularly useful where exophthalmic goitre makes a patient nervous.

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All this led Dr. King to suspect that the most frequently infected gland of the neck, the tonsils, might be the cause of exophthalmic goitre.

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An unfailing test for exophthalmic goitre is the basal metabolism rate, measured by a simple breathing machine.

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The difficulty is especially perplexing in the case of exophthalmic goitre.

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Graves' name is indelibly attached to the disease known as exophthalmic goitre, which he described and separated from other affections before anyone else had realized its individuality.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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