myxedema

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Definition of myxedema

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue.
    “The obvious inference was that myxoedema, goitre and cretinism were due to thyroid failure.”

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Etymology

By surface analysis, myx(o)- + edema.

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