Graves' disease

English

Etymology

Named after Irish physician Robert James Graves (1796–1853).

Noun

Graves' disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Hyperthyroidism accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs.
   • 1862 September 6, British Medical Journal‎^[1]:

     We would therefore reserve for it the title of Exophthalmic Goitre, or, what is better, Graves's Disease.

   • 1921 February 12, New York Medical Journal‎^[2], volume 113, page 269:

     The latter operation, though still occasionally practised by exceptionally bold surgeons, entails a very high mortality rate,and as soon as its futility as a rational cure of Graves's disease was demonstrated, has practically been discarded.

   • 1994, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 4:

     Graves' disease, which is a hyperthyroid condition, runs in my family, and the treatment for it makes you fat, gives you these bulging, ghoulish eyes and creates all kinds of symptoms that I think would make me more depressed than I am without lithium.

   • 2010, Ernst Nyström, Thyroid Disease in Adults‎^[3], page 155:

     In iodine sufficient countries, Graves' disease is the predominant cause of hyperthyroidism in young and middle-aged patients.

Synonyms

• exophthalmic goiter
• Graves-Basedow disease

Translations

hyperthyroidism accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀰漫性毒性甲狀腺腫／弥漫性毒性甲状腺肿 (mímànxìng dúxìng jiǎzhuàngxiànzhǒng)

• Finnish: Gravesin tauti
• French: maladie de Graves-Basedow, maladie de Graves
• Italian: malattia di Flaiani-Basedow f, morbo di Basebow m, gozzo esoftalmico m
• Kazakh: бақшаңкөз (baqşañköz)