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A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and is characterised by (i) low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is:

  1. A
    simple goitre
  2. B
    myxoedema
  3. C
    cretinism
  4. D
    hypothyroidism

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Myxoedema is a condition of severe hypothyroidism in adults. It leads to a slow BMR, weight gain, mental dullness, and the accumulation of interstitial fluid (oedema), giving a puffy appearance. Cretinism is thyroxine deficiency in children.

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A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and is characterised by (i) low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is:
A
simple goitre
B
myxoedema
C
cretinism
D
hypothyroidism

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