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• a variation of myxedema.

myxoedema

British  

/ ˌmɪksɪˈdɛmətəs, -ˈdiː-, ˌmɪksɪˈdiːmə, ˌmɪksɪˈdɛmɪk /

noun

1. a disease resulting from underactivity of the thyroid gland characterized by puffy eyes, face, and hands and mental sluggishness See also cretinism

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Other Word Forms

• myxoedemic
  adjective

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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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

But in that year Dr George Murray published his discovery of the effect of hypodermic injections of thyroid gland extract in cases of myxoedema.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

There is a much more spectacular disease to be cited, —a relatively infrequent but well-understood condition called myxoedema, which occurs mainly in women and is also due to a deficiency in the thyroid secretion.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham

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.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

It is found, however, that its removal entails myxoedema, a condition closely allied to cretinism.

From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by Gerard, John S.J.