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Posted By: wwh myxedema - 11/04/02 05:17 PM
Another medical word from the spellingbee words:
myxedema
n.
ModL: see fol. & EDEMA6a disease caused by failure of the thyroid gland and characterized by a drying and thickening of the skin and a slowing down of physical and mental activity
myxedematous
adj.


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