hyperthyroidismn.

Etymology: < hyper- prefix 2b + thyroid adj. and n. + -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: hyperˈthyroidism.

Medicine.

A condition in which the thyroid gland produces more hormone than normal, resulting in an increased rate of metabolism, often with wasting of muscle and loss of weight together with restlessness and emotional instability.

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hyperthyroidism1900

hypothyroidism1905

hyperpituitarism1909

hypopituitarism1909

hypoparathyroidism1910

thyrotoxicosis1911

hyperparathyroidism1917

hypogonadism1918

Cushing's disease1934

Cushing's syndrome1934

panhypopituitarism1941

pseudohypoparathyroidism1942

Sheehan's syndrome1950

Stein–Leventhal syndrome1950

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism1952

aldosteronism1954

hyperaldosteronism1955

Albright's dystrophy1957

Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy1962

1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 311/1 Hyperthyroidism.

1909 G. Dock in Osler & McCrae Syst. Med. VI. xvii. 431 Hyperthyroidism..seems to be the cause of the exophthalmos.

1912 Med. Ann. 3 Sleeplessness following..fevers, hyperthyroidism, and hysteria.

1918 R. Knox Radiogr. & Radio-therapeutics ii. 556 Hyperthyroidism began to receive recognition.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. viii. 162 The thyroid gland sometimes swells up and produces too much thyroxin... In one hospital the patients in the ward reserved for hyperthyroidism eat twice as much as those in any other ward!

1961 L. C. Martin Clin. Endocrinol. (ed. 3) i. 22 A goitre and signs of mild hyperthyroidism are not uncommon [in gigantism].

1970 S. Grollman Human Body (ed. 2) xvi. 507 The most common form of hyperthyroidism, resulting from a diffuse increase in thyroid tissue, is known as exophthalmic goiter, Graves' disease, or Basedow's disease.

Derivatives

hyperˈthyroid adj.

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hypothyroid1909

hypoparathyroid1910

hyperthyroid1916

hyperthyroidic1916

hypothyroidic1916

hypopituitary1921

hyperpituitary1924

hypogonadal1933

pseudohypoparathyroid1950

hyperparathyroid1961

1916 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. 29 312 (heading) The etiology of the exophthalmos in hyperthyroid goitre.

1922 L. Berman in Sunday Times Apr. To bring to mind an immediate complete image of the hyperthyroid face, one should think of Shelley.

1971 N. R. Alpert Cardiac Hypertrophy 55 The pumping function of the hyperthyroid heart.

hyperthyˈroidic adj.

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