myxedema

English

Alternative forms

• myxoedema, myxœdema

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)

1. (pathology) A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 542:

     The obvious inference was that myxoedema, goitre and cretinism were due to thyroid failure.

Derived terms

• myxedematous
• myxedemic

Translations

form of edema

• Czech: myxedém m
• Finnish: myksedeema, limapöhötauti
• German: Myxödem (de) n
• Polish: obrzęk śluzowaty m inan