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Basedow's disease

Basedow's disease proper noun: graves' disease.

Proper noun

Basedow's disease

  1. Graves' disease

Origin of Basedow's disease

Named for German physician Karl Adolph von Basedow.

Questions about Basedow's disease

What does Basedow's disease mean?
Basedow's disease means graves' disease.
What part of speech is Basedow's disease?
Basedow's disease is a proper noun.

Words near Basedow's disease in the dictionary

  1. based off of
  2. based on
  3. based upon
  4. basedness
  5. Basedow
  6. Basedow's disease
  7. Basedow's syndrome
  8. Baseej
  9. baseflow
  10. baseflows
  11. basefluid

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