Anatomy and Physiology

Graves' disease

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

Graves' dis·ease • n. a swelling of the neck and protrusion of the eyes resulting from an overactive thyroid gland. Also called exophthalmic goiter.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

Graves' disease (exophthalmic goitre) (grayvz) n. see thyrotoxicosis. [ R. J. Graves (1797–1853), Irish physician]

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Graves' disease see thyroid gland .

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