Myxedema

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

the name generally accepted for a diseased condition first described by Sir William Gull in 1873. It occurs in adults, generally females, and is characterized by widespread changes in nutrition and by a thickening of the subcutaneous tissues, most noticeable in the face (which becomes enlarged, swollen-looking, and expressionless) and the hands, with a simultaneous dulling of all the faculties and slowing of the movements of the body. A precisely similar condition occurs in many cases where the thyroid gland d has been rese. Myxedema is very . moved for disease slow in its progress, but undoubtedly tends to shorten life. It greatly resembles cretinism, except that the mental condition is much less affected, and that the deformities resulting from arrested development are not present. YM anted tasrone to toldalba, (al drain) AICYM bred) beortodont no shaving bar owenbizivibaba aji to šuo daw ( torto qoq calitbope 2018 viεπείχς ΠA εί σtobym 000,000,0 moda 20 odai bobivib ai qoob bas to slida enotion owa ) 10 000 ,, 01 unit ( aqua) akon odai betisvnos item nood even bue od risauga sebast bathnika no N, n, the 14th letter and the 11th consonant in the English alphabet. It is a dental nasal, and is formed by placing the tip of the tongue against or close to the root of the upper teeth, and emitting a voiced sound through the nose. Its ordinary sound is that heard in not, ton, done, etc., but before gutturals, as g or k, it has a guttural nasal sound, almost equivalent to ng, as in sink, link, finger, sing, song, etc. When, however, the gutturals belong to a different syllable the n generally retains its ordinary sound, as in congratulate, engage, engine, etc. N final after m is silent, as in autumn, hymn, condemn, etc. When preceded by g, k, m, and p at the beginning of a word, the n alone is sounded, as in gnaw, aw, know, mnemonics, pneumatic, etc. S is always sounded before initial n, as in snow.