myxedema

American  

[mik-si-dee-muh] / ˌmɪk sɪˈdi mə /

Or myxoedema

noun

Pathology.

1. a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.

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Other Word Forms

• myxedematous
  adjective
• myxedemic
  adjective
• postmyxedematous
  adjective
• postmyxedemic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of myxedema

First recorded in 1875–80; myx- + edema

Example Sentences

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myxedema

Each condition can cause myxedema, the deposition of a mucuslike substance below the surface of the skin that makes the top layers, the epidermis, seem thicker.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021

The investigators suggest that this dinitrophenol dose be tried cautiously for myxedema and other phenomena of sub-functioning thyroids.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pernicious anemia, he showed, is a deficiency disease in a category with diabetes and myxedema.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, alterations in the efficiency of the cerebral link may yield neurasthenia, mania, dementia; of the thyroid link, Graves' disease, myxedema; of the adrenal link, Addison's disease, cardiovascular disease.

From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)

Experimental removal of the pituitary was essayed by Horsley in 1886, the same man who two years before had reproduced myxedema successfully in monkeys.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.