dysthyroidism
English
Etymology
dys- + thyroid + -ism
Noun
dysthyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural dysthyroidisms)
- (pathology) defective functioning of the thyroid gland
- 2016 February 6, “Gender as a Modifying Factor Influencing Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Phenotype Severity and Mortality: A Nationwide Multiple Databases Cross-Sectional Observational Study”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Men tended to have more obvious classical DM1 symptoms, combining cognitive impairment, marked myotonia, cardiac and respiratory involvement whereas women had more extra-muscular and late onset manifestations, less suggestive of DM1, such as cataracts, obesity, dysthyroidism, GI symptoms and sphincter dysfunction.
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