Dictionary entry

Myxœdema

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Myx′œ‐de″ma (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. � mucus + œdema.] (Med.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. — Myx′œ‐dem″a‐tous (#), a., Myx′œ‐dem″ic (#), a.