myxœdema

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

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Meanings

nounmyxœdema (usually uncountable, plural myxœdemata)

plural myxœdemata

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyObsolete form of myxedema.

    Ah, but heʼs in Antwerp, adding his views to a symposium on myxœdema.

    2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 699

Origin

By surface analysis, myx(o)- + œdema.

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APA

myxœdema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myx%C5%93dema

MLA

“myxœdema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myx%C5%93dema. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myxœdema,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myx%C5%93dema.

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