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Definition of: myxedema
(mik′sə·dē′mə) noun Pathol.
A disease associated with hypotrophy of the thyroid gland and characterized by dryness and wrinkling of the skin, swelling of the face, and progressive mental deterioration. Also myx′oe·de′ma. [<NL <MYX(O)- + EDEMA]
—myx′e·dem′ic (-dem′ik), myx′e·dem′a·tous (-dem′ə·təs) adjective
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