myxedema

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue.

Word forms

myxedema myxedemas myxoedema myxœdema

Etymology

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

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