Definition of Exophthalmic

1. a. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.

Definition of Exophthalmic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to exophthalmos ¹

2. Adjective. having prominent eyeballs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exophthalmic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Exophthalmic

1. Of or pertaining to, or characterised by, exophthalmia. Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exophthalmic

exonym
exonymic
exonyms
exopathogen
exopeptidase
exopeptidases
exophagy
exophiala
exophobic
exophora
exophoras
exophoria
exophoric
exophthalmia
exophthalmias
exophthalmic (current term)
exophthalmic goiter
exophthalmic ophthalmoplegia
exophthalmometer
exophthalmos
exophthalmos-producing substance
exophthalmoses
exophthalmus
exophthalmuses
exophthalmy
exophyllous
exophyte
exophytes
exophytic
exoplanar

Literary usage of Exophthalmic

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

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"THE TREATMENT OF exophthalmic GOITER WITH SUPRARENAL ... It is also well known that in certain cases of exophthalmic goiter there occurs a pigmentation ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"While these cases were not all such as we would now diagnosticate exophthalmic goitre, they were all toxic and probably contained as high a percentage of ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"K. THYROIDECTOMY FOR RELIEF OF exophthalmic GOITRE. Annales del Circulo Med. Argentine, Oct. isth, 1596. Dr. Atonio Gandolfo reports a case of Basedow's ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Fatal Asystole in exophthalmic Goitre. ... this was the case in a patient who developed exophthalmic goitre during convales- ence from an attack of acute ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"The changes in the gland in exophthalmic goitre are, ... Use of the thyroid extract usually aggravates the symptoms of exophthalmic goitre. ..."

7. 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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