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Myxoedema

Definition: Myxoedema

Myxoedema

Noun

1. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Myxoedema \Myx`[oe]*de"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression. from Greek mucus [oe]dema.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Myxoedema

Synonym: myxedema (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Myxoedema

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If untreated, it progresses to full-blown myxoedema. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Myxoedema

"Myxoedema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Myxoedema" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Myxoedema

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

myxoedema

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "Myxoedema"

Words rhyming with "myxoedema" (pronounced 'Myx`[oe]*de"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Myxoedema

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-m-o-x-y"

-1 letter: myxedema.

-3 letters: myxoma, oedema.

-4 letters: adeem, deoxy, edema, emyde, mamey, mayed, modem, myoma, oxeye.

-5 letters: ammo, axed, dame, deem, deme, demo, demy, dexy, dome, doxy, emyd, exam, eyed, made, mayo, mead, meed, meme, memo, mode, mome, moxa, odea.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-m-o-x-y"
 

+3 letters: myxedematous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Myxoedema


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 79 78 6F 65 64 65 6D 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01111001 01111000 01101111 01100101 01100100 01100101 01101101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0079 0078 006F 0065 0064 0065 006D 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

479190817170717967

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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