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myxedemas

myxedemas is the plural 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

Questions about myxedemas

What is myxedemas the plural of?
Myxedemas is the plural of myxedema.

Words near myxedemas in the dictionary

  1. myxamoebae
  2. myxamoebal
  3. myxamoebas
  4. myxasthenia
  5. myxedema
  6. myxedemas
  7. myxedematous
  8. myxedemic
  9. myxi
  10. myxillid
  11. myxillids

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