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myxoedema

myxoedema is the alternative spelling 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 myxoedema

pluralmyxoedemas

Origin of myxoedema

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

Words that rhyme with myxoedema

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Questions about myxoedema

What is myxoedema the alternative spelling of?
Myxoedema is the alternative spelling of myxedema.

Words near myxoedema in the dictionary

  1. myxocyte
  2. myxocytes
  3. myxodermoside
  4. myxodiasporic
  5. myxodiaspory
  6. myxoedema
  7. myxoedemas
  8. myxoedematous
  9. myxoedemic
  10. myxofibroma
  11. myxofibromas

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