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Definition of Graves' disease in English: Graves' diseasenounɡreɪvz mass nounA swelling of the neck and protrusion of the eyes resulting from an overactive thyroid gland. Also called exophthalmic goitre Example sentencesExamples - Occasionally, patients with autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease also have HAIR-AN syndrome.
- The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease.
- Six months later there was a diagnosis: an overactive thyroid caused by Graves' disease.
- I'm 68 and have rheumatoid arthritis (in remission), osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and Graves' disease.
- Subclinical hyperthyroidism may be a distinct clinical entity, related only in part to Graves' disease or multinodular goiter.
Origin Mid 19th century: named after Robert J. Graves (1796–1853), the Irish physician who first identified it. Definition of Graves' disease in US English: Graves' diseasenoun A swelling of the neck and protrusion of the eyes resulting from an overactive thyroid gland. Also called exophthalmic goiter Example sentencesExamples - Subclinical hyperthyroidism may be a distinct clinical entity, related only in part to Graves' disease or multinodular goiter.
- Six months later there was a diagnosis: an overactive thyroid caused by Graves' disease.
- The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease.
- I'm 68 and have rheumatoid arthritis (in remission), osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and Graves' disease.
- Occasionally, patients with autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease also have HAIR-AN syndrome.
Origin Mid 19th century: named after Robert J. Graves (1796–1853), the Irish physician who first identified it. |