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Graves' disease
"exophthalmic goiter," 1862, named for Irish physician Robert James
Graves
(1796-1853), who first recognized the disease in 1835. The surname probably is from Old Norse
greifi
"steward," corresponding to Old English
gerefa
(see
reeve
).