hyperthyroidismn.
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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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [adjective] > hormonal disorders
hypothyroid1909
hypoparathyroid1910
hyperthyroid1916
hyperthyroidic1916
hypothyroidic1916
hypopituitary1921
hyperpituitary1924
hypogonadal1933
pseudohypoparathyroid1950
hyperparathyroid1961
1916 Med. Times (N.Y.) 7 July 207/1 An impression is given by the hypothyroidic eye which is just the reverse of that made by the typical hyperthyroidic, or exophthalmic organ.
1968 Listener 18 July 70/1 I had recently been diagnosed as hyperthyroidic.
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