Basedow

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Basedow may refer to:

In places in Germany:

• Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the district of Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Basedow, Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

People with the surname Basedow:

• Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer
• John Basedow, US bodybuilder and self-proclaimed "fitness celebrity"
• Karl Adolph von Basedow, German doctor who described the Graves-Basedow disease
• Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow (1829–1902), Australian teacher, newspaper proprietor and politician
• Johannes Cristoff Basedow (1841–1901), founder of Basedow Wines in South Australia, son of Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow
• Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), Australian anthropologist, geologist, explorer and medical practitioner, youngest son of Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow

In medicine:

• Graves' disease, in continental Europe called Graves-Basedow or just Basedow disease and informally shortened just to "Basedow"

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