Graves' disease

From R. J. Graves, Irish physician.

Graves' disease (uncountable)

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

     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, 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.

   • 2010, Ernst Nyström, Thyroid Disease in Adults‎, page 155:

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

• exophthalmic goiter
• Graves-Basedow disease