hypothyroidism

hypothyroidism

English

Etymology

Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) +‎ thyroid +‎ -ism.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/, /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθaɪrɔɪˌdɪzəm/

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Noun

hypothyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural hypothyroidisms)

1. (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]

   Synonyms: underactive thyroid, low thyroid

   Antonym: hyperthyroidism

   Hypernym: dysthyroidism

Related terms

• hypothyroidic

Translations

disease state

Arabic: قُصُور اَلدَّرَقِيَّة‎ m pl (quṣūr ad-daraqiyya) Catalan: hipotiroïdisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 甲狀腺功能減退症／甲状腺功能减退症 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì zhèng), 甲狀腺功能減退／甲状腺功能减退 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì), 甲減／甲减 (jiǎjiǎn) Czech: hypotyreóza f Esperanto: hipotiroidismo Estonian: kilpnäärme alatalitlus, hüpotüreoos Finnish: kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminta French: hypothyroïdisme m German: Hypothyreose (de) f Greek: υποθυρεοειδισμός (el) m (ypothyreoeidismós) Hebrew: תת פעילות של בלוטת התריס‎ (tat peilut shel balutat hatris) Hungarian: pajzsmirigy-alulműködés Irish: hipitíoróideacht f Italian: ipotiroidismo (it) m Japanese: 甲状腺機能低下症 (こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう, kōjōsen kinō teikashō) Polish: niedoczynność tarczycy f Portuguese: hipotiroidismo m Russian: гипотирео́з (ru) m (gipotireóz) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хипотироидизам m, хипотиреоза f Roman: hipotiroidizam m, hipotireoza (sh) f Spanish: hipotiroidismo m Swedish: hypotyreos (sv) c Vietnamese: sự giảm hoạt động của tuyến giáp

See also

• cretinism

References

1. Hypothyroidism at Dictionary.com

Further reading

• hypothyroidism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia