Infantile hypothyroidism definition - medical term
Hypo thyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid
gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features including delays in growth
and development and myxedema surfacing during infancy. Myxedema is a dry waxy type
of swelling, often with swollen lips and nose. Infantile hypothyroidism is synonymous
with infantile myxedema. Another name, now little used, for the condition is Brissaud's
infantilism, after the French physician Edouard Brissaud (1852-1909).
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