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

Example Sentences

Three forms exist, myxoedema proper, cretinism and operative myxoedcma.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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

The same may be said also of the different forms of cerebral and spinal sclerosis, of pernicious an�mia, and of myxoedema.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In the early days an operator would occasionally remove too, much gland and then the symptoms, of myxoedema would occur.

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