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myxœdema

myxœdema is the obsolete form of myxedema.

Meaning of myxedema

Noun

myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)

  1. 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.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 542

Forms of myxœdema

pluralmyxœdemata

Origin of myxœdema

By surface analysis, myx(o)- + œdema.

Questions about myxœdema

What is myxœdema the obsolete form of?
Myxœdema is the obsolete form of myxedema.

Words near myxœdema in the dictionary

  1. myxoxanthophyll
  2. myxozoa
  3. myxozoan
  4. myxozoans
  5. myxy
  6. myxœdema
  7. myxœdemata
  8. myza
  9. myzas
  10. Myzeqe
  11. myzocytosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: myxœdema (page history and authors); myxedema (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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