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Graves' disease(dictionary)
graves' disease(medicine)
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Disease, Graves(health)
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limpet (iou) and Graves' disease (iou)


limpet (iou)



limpet noun.
[Old English lempedu (cf. Old High German lampfrida) from medieval Latin lampreda, -rida limpet: see LAMPREY.]
Any of various marine gastropod molluscs with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot that sticks tightly to rocks; esp. (more fully common limpet) Patella vulgata. OE.
b. fig. A clinging person. E20.
In full limpet bomb, limpet mine, etc. A type of explosive device attached magnetically to a ship's hull. M20.

Graves' disease (iou)



Graves' disease noun phr. M19.
[from Robert J. Graves (1796-1853), Irish physician.]
Medicine. A disease caused by excessive thyroid secretion, characterized by Weight Loss, a nervous tremor, staring eyes, and a swollen neck; exophthalmic goitre.