Grave's disease
1. toxic goiter characterized by diffuse hyperplasia of the thyroid gland, a form of hyperthyroidism; exophthalmos is a common, but not invariable, concomitant;
2. thyroid dysfunction and all or any of its clinical associations;
3. an organ-specific autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland. See: goiter, myxedema, Hashimoto thyroiditis, thyrotoxicosis.
Syn: Basedow disease, Parry disease, ophthalmic hyperthyroidism.
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