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Definition of Exophthalmic goiter

1. Noun. Exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs.

Definition of Exophthalmic goiter

1. Noun. (medicine) hyperthyroidism accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs ¹

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Medical Definition of Exophthalmic goiter

1. Any of the various forms of hyperthyroidism in which the thyroid gland is enlarged and exophthalmos is present. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Exophthalmic goiter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"For purposes of prognosis it is important to clearly recognize (1) the minimum of symptoms which justify the diagnosis of exophthalmic goiter and (2) to ..."

2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"The symptoms superadded are dependent upon increase in pituitary function, just as the symptoms of exophthalmic goiter may be dependent upon hyperactivity ..."

3. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Stanley P. L. Leong (1922)
"exophthalmic goiter THE third and last case this morning is a patient with exophthalmic goiter ... The cause of exophthalmic goiter is not definitely known, ..."

4. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"patients with exophthalmic goiter at the time of examination is ... In exophthalmic goiter the duration of the goiter in the three groups of men studied was ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"After discussing the various clinical forms of exophthalmic goiter and the various symptoms calling for the application of special currents, ..."

6. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"L, JMH : The geographical distribution of exophthalmic goiter In the British Isles. Quart. ... exophthalmic goiter (Report of 0 cases treated with iodin). ..."

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