Graves disease
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Related to Graves disease: hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's disease
Graves'′ disease`
(greɪvz)n.
a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion.
[1865–70; after R. J. Graves (1796–1853), Irish physician]
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